Kyle Chayka’s latest column explores “posting ennui,” a growing reluctance among young social media users to share casual moments online. “I feel like everyone in my generation is kind of a voyeur now,” said 24-year-old Kanika Mehra. “People don’t want to be perceived,” and if they do post, they “feel a... See more
As a younger man, I always had a "data over feelings" view of the world, but after 15+ years of performing analytical testing, seeing data manipulated in every possible direction to fit personal biases and agendas, I now view feelings as the only thing that really matters.
The print era tied authority to expertise and institutional backing. Television shifted credibility toward charisma and visual presentation. Social media has rewritten the rules again: trust is no longer about expertise, but about performance. This environment fosters the rise of the TikTok Oracle, where complex cultural critiques are distilled... See more
Technology changes our remembrance of the past, our experience of the present, and our imagination of the future by blurring the lines between the three categories, and introducing different forms of understanding and meaning-making to all three – We remember the future, imagine the present, and experience the past. The phenomenon of “ruin porn” is... See more
Evaluating software by its style — and how it makes us feel — signifies a shift to recognizing tech as a part of our society and identity, as opposed to an inanimate tool without an opinion. Software has become so integrated into our lives that it is no longer simply a utility. Within this new state of the world, style communicates the software’s... See more