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CJ Arlow spent more than two decades working at the intersection of learning, technology, performance, and leadership development. He built programs designed to improve outcomes, shape behavior, and help people grow. Over time, he began noticing what the metrics could not measure.

That tension became the foundation for THE ALGO, a story born from the uneasy space between human potential and human measurement. Two thoughts kept emerging: questions are how we stay human, and the most dangerous systems do not silence us. They answer before we ask.

When he is not writing, Arlow calls Division II college football and basketball for television and streaming, translating live stakes for audiences in real time.

THE ALGO is his debut novel, a dystop ...more

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