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Everything media related, from writing to TV

I had countless conversations with reporters in the pre-Elon Musk Twitter era who could not fathom doing their jobs without the site, who insisted that Twitter was where sources and scoops and true insight lay. It was utterly wrong and also completely understandable in a way that made arguing about it futile: Twitter could feel like a direct... See more

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Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To.

vox.com vox.com

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This is a great essay on the need for self-promotion in the current creator economy

Companionship Content is King

Anu Atluru workingtheorys.com

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Long-form over short-form

Video Games and Engineering Virtual Worlds | Contrary

A great intro into the history of video games from a creation perspective.

THE END OF TRENDS

Emily (speaker, likely Emily Segal)nemesisglobal.substack.com

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Trends = ineffeciencies

Flop rock: inside the underground floppy disk music scene

Alexis Ong theverge.com

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Floppies “force their users to confront the transience of art and information”

It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now

Kyle Chayka newyorker.com

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Ireland's Memory Machines — The Dial

Jessica Traynor thedial.world

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Our memories are now contingent on technology

The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube's algorithm

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The algorithm determines not just what we see, but also how we see the medium through which we consume.