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These deranged takes, and their unnerving proximity to online monetization, are case studies in the way that our world—digitally mediated, utterly consumed by capitalism—makes communication about morality very easy but makes actual moral living very hard.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Brach’s presence is disarming. If you search for her on YouTube, you’ll find hours of footage
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
At a societal level, it’s a case of bias-laundering through technology
Gretchen McCulloch • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
In a world where, to use the expression of technologist Jenny Sundén, you’re writing yourself into existence, how you write is who you are.
Gretchen McCulloch • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
The Apocalypse Is Here, and It’s One Big Cult
nytimes.com
In one case, the text it generated falsely claimed that WIRED had reported that a specific police officer in California had committed a crime.
By Dhruv Mehrotra Tim Marchman • Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
media, research, and analysis.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
They talk to you this way until you make them stop.