Busy Corner Text Media Report

“Text is a great way to slow down, go deeper, and "work" for the value of the media (in some sense). One way that I might frame the decline of the image, is more so a growing awareness of the effects of cheap dopamine. Same reason why people are choosing to leave dating apps (for in-person dating), seek alternative consumer technology (vs

“Maybe this is another reason why print media is having a resurgence – the internet is becoming an increasingly unnavigable Takeshi’s castle-style obstacle course of terrible user experience and useless, nonsensical content,” says a writer and podcaster Georgia Graham in response to an essay about the AI-induced weirdness of the internet. “Finding

Pyle calls out this tweet from Paul Skallas reacting to the launch of Sora, an OpenAI model for generating videos: “Video and the "image" is entering its Faustian stage and will burn out. I'm long on text.”

“I used to assume the audience was smart,” writes Dianna Cohen, the founder of a beauty brand Crown Affair. “But the truth is, even the smart ones (hi, I see you), no longer have the attention span.”