The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time
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The garden of forking memes: how digital media distorts our sense of time
As I’ve written before, the speed of technology and the hyperconnectivity of society have placed us in a “never-ending now.”Like hamsters running on a wheel, we live in an endless cycle of ephemeral content consumption — a merry-go-round that spins faster and faster but never goes anywhere.Even the virtues of information consumption have changed.Mo
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The design of the Internet has us only consuming content that was created in the past 24 hours. We’re like little hamsters on the wheel, scrolling and scrolling to keep up with an endlessly unfolding feed of content that moves faster than we can. It’s a tragedy, I think. It didn’t need to be this way. The Internet could’ve led us to the greatest id... See more
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Existing in the past is easier than engaging in the present.
But what happens when the past is not the past? As T. Becket Adams highlighted, Alicia Keys hit a sour note in her live Super Bowl appearance (it happens! It’s okay!) but it was edited out of the official YouTube page! He writes -
But what happens when the past is not the past? As T. Becket Adams highlighted, Alicia Keys hit a sour note in her live Super Bowl appearance (it happens! It’s okay!) but it was edited out of the official YouTube page! He writes -
For all the recent discussion re: the post-truth world, we... See more