alice smith
@alicesmith
alice smith
Between Entities and Identities: The Internet of Egregores
Exploring the concept of egregores, the text examines how collective online identities and fandoms manifest as influential forces within digital platforms, shaping social dynamics and individual experiences in the digital landscape.
zhexi.info“even a ‘main character’ on the timeline means partaking in a conscious performance and leaning into a particular version of a public character”
You must choose your way forward. The data shouldn’t tell you how to live—you train the AI to paint a more beautiful future - SSENSE
Fwd: HANDS OFF: A generational shift in purpose 🔮
“A post for the creatives who just need to hide
away. It is safe to hide away for a while darling. Momentum
won’t leave. You will make momentum. You won’t lose
opportunities, you will make them. Because in the quiet
you will find more and more art. In the silence ideas will... See more
instagram.comIt’s long past time that we realized these systems are not benefitting culture. Creators and consumers alike are pushed into preset formats that we may ultimately have no organic interest in. By giving in to algorithmic feeds, we are letting tech companies determine our tastes.
Welcome to Filterworld｜Dirt
have we lost our sense of taste? which is why we need curators now
Are you feeding your algorithm or is it feeding you?
morningfyi.substack.com
As Shumon Basar put it, we're living in the era of LoreCore: 'a prevalent stage of reality in which we're all characters; characters who are also audiences.' From Coquette to Mermaid fashion, from Doe to Siren Eyes, codified styles are 'guiding' our characters' journey, while optimizing it for digital consumption.
SKIN DEEP
Brands are just tools for consumers to describe their personality. If your personality is flat, then you wear obvious things.
Thom Bettridge • VIRGIL ABLOH: “Duchamp is my Lawyer”
We don’t tell stories anymore.
We sell them.
Wrapped in rhythm. Dressed in sincerity. Built for reach.
And if you listen closely enough, you can hear the moan of the algorithm.
We sell them.
Wrapped in rhythm. Dressed in sincerity. Built for reach.
And if you listen closely enough, you can hear the moan of the algorithm.
Abram Shaffer • The New Porn
I don’t think the tools themselves are the problem; it’s how the entirety of human culture has been digested and regurgitated by them.