Note by Gurwinder on Substack

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We shifted from cyberpunk manifestos, to corporate networks and the commoditization of the user for economic extraction.

Cyberspace is a black hole. It absorbs energy and personality. And then represents it as an emotional spectacle. It is done by businesses that commodify human interaction and emotion. And we are getting lost in the spectacle.

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Reggie James • Political Expectations

Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a radi

Caufield's main argument was that we have become swept away by streams – the collapse of information into single-track timelines of events. The conversational feed design of email inboxes, group chats, and InstaTwitBook is fleeting – they're only concerned with self-assertive immediate thoughts that rush by us in a few moments.

Maggie Appleton • A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden

Social Internet Is Dead. Get Over It.

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Social media is keeping us stuck in the moment

Clive Thompson this.org

This is the intentional design of our current commercialized media ecosystem: to shift our time, attention, experiences, and very humanity from the real world to the digital world. Since the introduction of the television, local civic life has been fighting to survive.