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Articles about social media platforms and their effects on society.
“It is not easy to convince people that I am not dealing with ideas but with perceptions, not concepts but observations. It is easy to disseminate ide
Although still using the language of tools, in 1988 Illich explained, “I would like to get together a certain number of people to think about what too
Digital capitalism does not pose the same kind of threats as industrial capitalism, in part because it does not act on us through straightforward inst
“Everyone will just prompt their own movies” “Everyone will just prompt their own apps” You don’t get it. Humans crave shared context. They want to
# on shortification of "learning" There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely the
Avoid content made after 2016 - Something happened in 2016. The internet became less weird, less creative. Whatever the cause, pre-2016 content has a
insights on the art of reading
the moralists ask us how we can justify our love of reading, we can make use of some such excuse as this. But if we are honest, we know that no such e
The hot new theory online is that reading is kaput, and therefore civilization is too. The rise of hyper-addictive digital technologies has shattered
TED’S 24 RULES FOR READINGReading shouldn’t be a goal—instead it ought to be cultivated as a habit.It should be a relaxing and enjoyable habit, someth
LLMs have three new capabilities that change the nature of search: Intuitive leaps: LLMs can answer poorly written questions with spooky-accurate ans
Unlike vertical search aggregators, boutique search engines feel less like the Yellow Pages and more like texting your friends to ask for a recommenda
A social system is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. It is the formal structure of role and status that can form in a small, stable group. An individual may belong to multiple social systems at once; examples of social systems include nuclear family units, communities, cities, nations, college campuses, corporations, and industries. The organization and definition of groups within a social system depend on various shared properties such as location, socioeconomic status, race, religion, societal function, or other distinguishable features.
Environments are emotionally contagious, and if the environment you spend a lot of time in is hyper-competitive and performative, you’re going to feel
DAOs are not corporations: where decentralization in autonomous organizations matters
Governments sporadically got things spectacularly wrong. In 1865, the rail and horse-drawn carriage lobbies in the U.K. drummed up enough outrage to p
This is why successful companies still pursuing breakthroughs are always led by live players, often the founders. Only Mark Zuckerberg could have cha
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Politics is a lagging indicator of consciousness. Do not despair.
When we mistake spreading ideas for taking real action, we overlook a crucial asymmetry: ideas and actions distribute their consequences wildly differ
Intentional leisure is not the absence of labor but the presence of purpose—the freedom to practice active rest that heals as an exploration that cult
“What will happen if we give away free money? Won’t people just sit on the couch all day?” Underpinning these kinds of questions are two essential ass
My father was a Sarkari Babu (government officer with basic salary) his entire life, he was at one job throughout his life. He drove a Bajaj scooter
So much productivity is fueled by negative emotions. You're afraid of getting a bad grade as a teen, so you study for tomorrow's big test late into th
By yielding a generational wealth creation opportunity that was a strange hybrid of a lottery jackpot and self-made fortune, crypto created an ideolog
For example, it was 30 years after the invention of film that someone first tried telling stories with it — before that, film was mainly used as a dem
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How do you explain the web to people who have never used it? You make it as simple and as accessible as possible.
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