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Drawing Wisdom From the ‘Weird’
Is the Algorithm Making Us LESS Stylish, LESS Interesting, LESS...ourselves?
Beth Bentleypatternrecognitionbytomorrowism.substack.com
We are currently in the uncanny valley of online expression. “Be yourself” has gone from a well-meaning kindergarten encouragement to a genuine threat. If you look closely, behind every front-facing-camera-short-form-video is a person making extreme calculations about their own authenticity. After all, we want “CREATORS” who are “REAL” ! We want th
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Will it be weird, to write this way? Probably. I’m tossing the same words into (currently) three totally different networks, each with their own affect and moods and characters of the day. I’m keeping my distance, such that I likely won’t hear the replies (at least, not with any timeliness) or see the ripples my words make, should they make any at ... See more
Mandy Brown • Coming Home
We get older, we find life is riven with weirdness. We should be weird too.