Stuff to bring up at a dinner party

In Amusing Ourselves to Death 1, Neil Postman wrote that “each medium, like language itself, makes possible a unique mode of discourse by providing a new orientation for thought, for expression, for sensibility.” Television speaks to us in a particular dialect, Postman argued. When everything turns into television, every form of communication... See more

“Digital has finally hit diminishing returns,” says Shaun Singh, founder of media company Death to Stock (DTS). “The digital ecosystem promised connection and delivered surveillance. Every gesture is tracked, predicted and monetized, and fed back to algorithmic overlords in the lifeless shape of data. After a decade, people want their sovereignty... See more