A culture that thinks like an algorithm also “projects a future that is like the past,” James Bridle explains, because “that which is gathered as data is modelled as the way things are, and then projected forward — with the implicit assumption that things will not radically change or diverge from previous experiences.” In a world reliant on computation to make sense of things, “that which is possible becomes that which is computable.”
I'm very much still piecing this stuff together for myself right now, but I'll see if I can aggregate a shortlist of recommended readings on the topic for you. The problem is that there are little bits and pieces here and there, but so far I really haven't found a worthwhile text concerning itself with the overall phenomenon of The Algorithm of The Internet (as opposed to algorithm a or b on site x or y) - which is why I'm trying to write it, I guess. Theory-wise I've found Stafford Beer immensely helpful in a 'break it down to the basics'-kinda way, though Deleuze and more specifically process ontology are a close second.
I've also been reading Byung-Chul Han recently, he's getting pretty close to what I'm trying to write - but he's incredibly pessimistic about any form of resistance, he's venturing very close to 'phone bad, book good' territory and he's overall just a little bit of a liberal, I guess. Still, if you want an easy to read, short little diagnosis of where we're at, you may find his 'Psychopolitics' of some value or his newest one, 'Infokratie' (not sure if it has an English translation yet, probably not).