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But the curation was never about financial reward. It was “there's a small unscalable business here about taste, that people rely on and really like, and everyone who works on it doesn't make very much money, but they're very cool.” We just don't live in a world where that's an acceptable way to live. There's a lot of economic pressures and again,... See more
Dirt: Complicated Culture
On social media platforms, the ancient link between excellence and prestige can be severed more easily than ever, so in following influencers who became famous for what they do in the virtual world, young people are often learning ways of talking, behaving, and emoting that may backfire in an office, family, or other real-world setting.
Jonathan Haidt • The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
People are clowning on Noah but I think it's mostly insecurity at this point. Yes China won't be making a lot of big flashy 20th century breakthroughs. The time for that is behind us; Westoids have forever established their kanging rights. But the next ASML will be in Shenzhen. https://t.co/sDsyCVY3a3
To be a Technologist is to be Human — Letters to a Young Technologist
Maran Nelsonletterstoayoungtechnologist.com
To broaden our view: we must look at image production (and cultural production in general) not just as a specific vocation, but as a novel consumer behavior. The popular Technology Adoption Life Cycle framework proposes that different psychographic consumer segments—early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggard markets—can be... See more
Toby Shorin • Report: The Diminishing Marginal Value of Aesthetics
Eugene Wei – Tech, Media, and Culture - [Invest Like the Best, EP.117]
open.spotify.comPolis is a prominent example of what leading ⿻ technologists Aviv Ovadya and Luke Thorburn call "collective response systems" and "bridging systems" and others call "wikisurveys".