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The Hedgehog Review
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Kids will not believe me when I say this, but people didn’t always absorb their “content” by way of mysterious algorithmic black magic on endlessly-scrolling crack feeds. We used to type web addresses into our browsers, and actually visit our favorite sites. This, going to “www dot college shitpost dot com” or whatever, was itself considered a
... See moreThe Age of Social Media Is Ending - The Atlantic, November 2022
Last night, the Senate officially voted to end taxpayer funding for NPR.
To celebrate, we read some of the NPR CEO's most deranged tweets.
Enjoy. https://t.co/HkZibmJPMT
Eric Schmittx.com
The Baffler — sharp and politically grounded essays that explore left-wing ideas, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art. I like to use these as reference on how to effectively balance cultural analysis with systemic critique.
How to write a smart internet essay
Social media algorithms identify our politics and then shepherd us into a hermetically sealed bubble, framing our worldview through a window of rage and extremism.
Scott Galloway • No Mercy / No Malice
In a 2017 interview, Ev Williams (the founder of Twitter), said something that has stuck with me since: “the trouble with algorithms, is that it rewards extremes. Say you’re driving down the road and see a car crash. Of course you look. Everyone looks. The internet interprets behavior like this to mean everyone is asking for car crashes, so it... See more