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
Bits of information provide neither meaning nor orientation. They do not congeal into a narrative. They are purely additive. From a certain point onward, they no longer inform — they deform. They can even darken the world. This puts them in opposition to truth. Truth illuminates the world, while information lives off the attraction of surprise,... See more
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Western democracies, by contrast, with our open speech and open systems, are supposed to have a commons, a marketplace of ideas that allows for cross-cutting dialogue and eventual consensus. It has been replaced by an information ecology shaped by algorithmic selection. Content and creators optimized for engagement outcompete everything else—not... See more
Renee DiResta • Crisis of Trust 2026: The Retreat Into Insularity
Trust, in other words, is transferable through parasocial relationships—regardless of whether the institution has done anything to earn it.
Crisis of Trust 2026: The Retreat Into Insularity
From, The Master Switch. Mid-century TV networks were probably the most powerful, centralized information system in history.
The internet's infinite private worlds at times feel more like the clan-based societies that predated individualism. But where past worlds were bound by blood, today’s are bound by interests, desires, identities, and what the algorithms governing these spaces — helmed by capitalistic KPIs —nudge us to do.
Yancey Strickler • The Post-Individual
