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I hope we look at social media one day as we look at cigarettes now: "You still scroll? Really?? Like... don't you know how bad it is for you?"
Tommy Dixon • The End of Our Extremely Online Era.
Where good taste is demure, bad taste is bawdy. Where good taste is minimalist, bad taste is maximalist. Where good taste whispers, bad taste screams: “Look! React! Feel!”
time • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
The most exciting breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.
Frederic Laloux • REINVENTING ORGANIZATIONS
A vibecession is the idea of a disconnect between consumer sentiment and economic data. So basically, the economy is doing fine, but people are absolutely not feeling fine.
Kyla Scanlon • It's More Than Just Vibes
“Yego’s rise was enabled by YouTube. Yet since its founding, popular consensus has been that the video service is making people dumber. Indeed, modern video media may shorten attention spans and distract from longer-form means of communication, such as written articles or books. But critically overlooked is its unlocking a form of mass-scale tacit... See more
YouTube: The Learning Machine
“Once upon a time people were born into communities and had to find their individuality. Today people are born individuals and have to find their communities.”