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Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age
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Ben Barry
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It was a mistake to use our real names everywhere online, particularly on Twitter. It made us vulnerable to personal and physical attacks.
Balaji S. Srinivasan • balajis.com | Substack
On identity and privacy
% Derisible • Theses for 2020
Unprovoked emotional response could be used to induce a feeling of guilt which could then be used to leverage a feeling of debt towards us.
Max Harms • Crystal Society (Crystal Trilogy Book 1)
Zuckerberg’s conviction in a single identity led him to require real names on Facebook. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, online identity was pseudonymous: on AOL Instant Messenger, you were soccergirl7 or doglover42. (I’m sorry to say that I was sexyrexy3617—a friend convinced me that it would be both funny and cool. It was neither.) By mandating... See more
Rex Woodbury • Back to the Future: Myspace and Gen Z Digital Identity
In the context of “attention exploiting media” where there is a premium placed on getting as many eyeballs as possible — this new potential for weak affinity becomes an operational mandate. A social platform that lacks the ability to filter or block unpleasant participants will quickly be outcompeted by one that has that capacity.