I tweet, therefore I am: a systematic review on social media use and disorders of the social brain - BMC Psychiatry
Nancy Yangbmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com
I tweet, therefore I am: a systematic review on social media use and disorders of the social brain - BMC Psychiatry
I’ve been thinking about five intersecting problems: first, how the internet is built to distend our sense of identity; second, how it encourages us to overvalue our opinions; third, how it maximizes our sense of opposition; fourth, how it cheapens our understanding of solidarity; and, finally, how it destroys our sense of scale.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
This instability extends to identity itself. Where offline identity is grounded in lived experience, online identity forms through affinity and alignment. We become collections of interests, allegiances, and aesthetics. The internet’s second self becomes a curatorial project, constantly revised according to shifting community standards and platform... See more