Alex Dobrenko

Inter-viewer: so, you write about poetic web; how did you come to this topic?

Polinsski: One version of the story unfolds as follows: I happened to study at Klasse Digitale Grafik, where we spend lots of time talking about the web. Gradually, I began to question the way I was spending time online, especially the considerable time and energy I... See more

The best communities have clear intentions: A writing group? An artists' collective? An exercise club? Those are all communities with very clear intentions: we are here to do/because of X . Organizing becomes more natural when everyone has the same general goals. Communities may occur organically, but once you organize them around an intention, you... See more

MMCCM is the most extreme and literal form of audience capture.7 You don’t just become creatively trapped by the expectations of your followers, you lend them your body. You trade micro-gestures for micro-payments. This gives the voyeuristic audience an unsettling degree of control. Unlike American Idol, where the fate of the Idol is determined... See more

They labeled the drive that dopamine seemed to induce as “wanting” and called the joy of being satiated, which did not seem to be connected with dopamine, “liking.”

“The world is so distressing and cruel right now, especially with what our leaders are saying, it’s almost like comedy and joy is like a flower that needs to be cared for, and it needs to be in a peaceful garden where someone is watering it and taking care of it. I think the answer is empathy, getting people to recognize what binds all human beings... See more

“Playing and goofing off is a really important aspect of keeping optimism alive.”