All about social networks

Nilay Patel on the Ezra Klein podcast talking about whether AI will break the Internet:

Every social media platform right now is turning into a short form video home shopping network. Linkedin just added short form videos. Like, they're all headed towards the same place all the time because they all have the same pressures.

And what you see is those

Working in technology means one thing above all else: chasing scale. There is a reason why much of the tech world is obsessed with growth. Free from physical constraints, digital systems can scale to an incomprehensible size. The appeal of conquering the engineering, design and business challenges of mega-scale is strong, the rewards immense. But u

Information networks should have more 'serendipity' filters that take you outside the things you normally see. Follow graphs and interest graphs are great - but they are far more vulnerably to groupthink, tunnel vision, and filter bubbles.

I don’t think technology alone can fix that. It takes people who care about other people. Caring, I think, is the one thing that cannot be outsourced or automated. We can certainly create the illusion of care, and that illusion might be better than nothing for someone who has none, but ultimately I hope everyone gets access to people who care about

I want more of this tone on social media:

“As always, I welcome your input, critiques and rebuttal.

What did I get wrong?”

“Community offers the promise of belonging and calls for us to acknowledge our interdependence. To belong is to act as an investor, owner, and creator of this place. To be welcome, even if we are strangers. As if we came to the right place and are affirmed for that choice.”

“People will be accountable and committed to what they have a hand in creati

Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:

Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,