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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
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
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.
“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.”
Yancey Strickler • The Post-Individual
The Century of the Self