the techno-social environment
It’s the social system technology is embedded in that matters
the techno-social environment
the more we expect technology to do things for us, the less we pay attention.
Packy • Means and Meaning
Significance is subjectivity married to collectivity.
Factoid and crowdsourced truth: The reversal of truth into significance
The timeline is no longer a source of information or social presence, but more of a mood-regulation device, endlessly replenishing itself with just enough novelty to suppress the anxiety of stopping. Scrolling has become a form of ambient dissociation, half-conscious, half-compulsive, closer to scratching an itch than seeking anything in... See more
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
the way that our world – digitally mediated, utterly consumed by capitalism – makes communication about morality very easy but makes actual moral living very hard.
The I in the Internet
Identity politics is a media effect. Over time, communication media have evolved from forms that largely ignored human differences to forms that now emphasize and spotlight them.
Andrey Mir • The Digital Reversal. Thread-saga of Media Evolution
The constant scrolling tells us that nothing is worth remembering, nothing is worth reflection, nothing is worth production because the act of consumption is simpler.
Kyla Scanlon • Gen Z and Financial Nihilism
collective effervescence : a heightened emotional state resulting from simultaneous social participation. Just as singing gospel music can bring about a deeper connection to God, so too can participating in a meme or TikTok trend.
you're literally worshipping your phone
This phenomenon in the insect world is known as stigmergy : a mechanism of indirect coordination, where each action leaves a “trace” that makes it easier for a succeeding action to occur.