Why We Need The New Rosetta Stone for Gen Z
a lack of proficiency in English and other European languages has largely prevented skilled workers in China from competing aggressively in the offshoring industry. Once again, however, technology seems likely to eventually demolish this barrier. Technologies like deep learning neural networks are poised to transport instantaneous machine voice tra
... See moreMartin Ford • Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Oh and lastly, as for Skibidi; of course a meme that doesn’t make sense represents a generation who’s growing up in a world which doesn’t make sense. How fitting and somehow unsurprising.
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As streams of such content endlessly flow by, we rarely have time to ponder them long enough to absorb their more complex or nuanced implications. Memes rely upon text because it’s the most efficient way to convey a specific message. What would all that DALL-E art amount to if we cropped out the written prompts?
Drew Austin • #185: The Painted Word
language. Linguistic barriers are not surmounted so easily.
Dana Mackenzie • The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
As discussions of major events are filtered through algorithmic content delivery systems, more users are bending their language. Recently, in discussing the invasion of Ukraine, people on YouTube and TikTok have used the sunflower emoji to signify the country. When encouraging fans to follow them elsewhere, users will say “blink in lio” for “link i... See more