Developing Algorithms

Every time I sit down at the computer, I have this wish that my computer would take me to places I haven’t been before and then walk me down a path of more detail where I cold veer off if something caught my attention. I do this on my own all the time but it is a slow process where I spend a lot of time going down the wrong paths. I have to assume people are working on this. How advanced has this become? I can see where some aspects of this could be very redundant but the number of potential pathways is almost limitless.

…What exactly are you asking, here?

You can always go to Google and click “I’m Feeling Lucky” if I’m understanding you right.

Random wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

I am looking for something that will outhink me in my searches and expose me to things I may not be aware of just based off my past searches

That’s basically what StumbleUpon is. Which has mainly been supplanted by reddit.

Look something, anything at all, up on wikipedia. Then click on any blue link you see that you might be interested in reading about (or think you might be interested in). Continue doing so until you’ve found yourself sufficiently deep in an interesting rabbit hole or you’ve made your way to the article on philosophy (which can be an interesting ride in and of itself).

Yes, I know, it doesn’t always work.

This is what I do now and it works pretty good. I really feel like I struck gold when I find something new.