the techno-social environment
It’s the social system technology is embedded in that matters
the techno-social environment
Different genres, same engine: trust earned through charisma, resonance, and the steady performance of alignment, inside a media ecology built for niches.
Renee DiResta • Crisis of Trust 2026: The Retreat Into Insularity
This instability extends to identity itself. Where offline identity is grounded in lived experience, online identity forms through affinity and alignment. We become collections of interests, allegiances, and aesthetics. The internet’s second self becomes a curatorial project, constantly revised according to shifting community standards and platform... See more
Internet Overexposure Syndrome
Essentially, web surfing is a form of digital hunting and gathering—with the goal of finding something to feed curiosity and share with others for social gains.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
We are entering the post-information age. The barrier is no longer knowledge. It’s intention, self-regulation, and courage.
Sari Azout • Figuring it out, again and again
This current manifestation of the internet and consumer technology is insidiously powerful because of the way that it can mimic these loops that evolved for other things and were necessary for our survival. They’re now essentially being co-opted by a sort of fake system. The tech systems have gotten so good at mimicking these ancient reward
... See moreMichael Easter • Scarcity Brain
Both top down and bottom up narrative creation happens across media and social media today, and the influencer sits in the middle of the action.
Invisible Rulers
With the proliferation of digital speech, communication reversed from information to affirmation. We post to reaffirm our standing in the digital tribe.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
If there is one thing the advent of social media has brought home to us, it is how little we think for ourselves.
