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Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See moreThough she knew she was partially responsible for her recommendations, the algorithmic acceleration of content online outpaced her everyday experiences to an absurd degree. “Not every interaction I have in real life would shape my choices. Why should my tiniest interaction with an influencer wearing leg warmers? They fed it to me,” she said. There
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The New Inquiry
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The Chris Hedges Report
scheerpost.com“Facebook’s most consequential impact may be in amplifying the universal tendency toward tribalism. Posts dividing the world into ‘us’ and ‘them’ rise naturally, tapping into users’ desire to belong. Its gamelike interface rewards engagement, delivering a dopamine boost when users accrue likes and responses, training users to indulge behaviors that
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