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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
the bookstore was inhuman.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
As the acid-tongued, defiant Kat Stratford in “10 Things I Hate About You,” Stiles provided, for a generation born just too late to be riot grrrls, a vision for how to be a cool teenage girl whose every move did not revolve around appeasing the appetites or fulfilling the fantasies of teenage boys.
Julia Stiles Wanted to Be Just Like Kat Stratford, Too
“ambient music.”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings
Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
How Everyone Got Lost in Netflix’s Endless Library
Willy Staley, Ron Butler, Krish Seenivasan, Devin Murphynytimes.com
In this world, with content as a supreme cultural value, it’s better for something to be interesting than ethically sound. Widespread attention bestows an aura; becoming content is how reality is made real.
Drew Austin • The grifter content mill
process of cultural meaning—and decision-making,” he wrote. Pajkovic set out to test Netflix’s impact on personal taste, and to do so designed a set of fake accounts with different archetypal personalities.