Surveillance-infused forms of algorithmic discrimination are beginning to capture public and scholarly attention. While this is an
encouraging development, this editorial questions the parameters of this emerging discussion and cautions against algorithmic
fetishism. I characterize algorithmic fetishism as the pleasurable pursuit of opening the black box, discovering the code hidden
inside, exploring its beauty and flaws, and explicating its intricacies. It is a technophilic desire for arcane knowledge that can
never be grasped completely, so it continually lures one forward into technical realms while deferring the point of intervention.
The editorial concludes with a review of the articles in this open issue
