SpaceXponential
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Conscientious Questioner
SpaceXponential
This is nothing new in the physical social world, but it is revolutionary in the digital social world, where groups and shared messenger threads have historically always been communal spaces.
Cult leaders are their own moderators
Cult leaders need mechanisms for elevating and blessing followers, as well as mutually reinforcing power
Cults need... See more
Cult leaders are their own moderators
Cult leaders need mechanisms for elevating and blessing followers, as well as mutually reinforcing power
Cults need... See more
The Information • Clubhouse and the Future of Cult-Driven Social Platforms
This image appears in two channels, Sublime and Feeling Futuristic . You can probably start to guess what these two channels are getting at, but it takes visiting both of them to understand the nuances of their content. While Feeling Futuristic often feels like some combination of wonderment, apocolyptic visions, and speculation on what our
... See moreCharles Broskoski • Information Systems
Perhaps the most admirable part of Bohm’s theory of dialogue—and one that influences how we think of Are.na as being used—is that he conceived of a very simple structure that allowed for emergent possibilities to develop. It’s so easy to treat technology as though it can prescribe a solution to a particular problem (now more than ever). Software
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Epistemology and
"games as agency"...what does this say about human "free-hood”?
Free-hood seems a more apt word than “freedom”. I mean that the essence of human being is free-hood.
To establish a Fact, someone must decide what context is relevant to include, and what to exclude.
The trouble is, there is no objective way to decide what context to omit. Context omission is inevitably subjective — it’s whatever the omitter decides is irrelevant.
Mike Elias • Wittgenstein’s Revenge
Before Clubhouse existed, Twitter created a proto-cult platform where aspiring cult leaders could build enormous audiences, disciples retweeted their messages, leaders blessed followers with public replies, and so forth. Instagram and TikTok have followed the Twitter model and minted new cult leaders and behaviors of their own.
But a few specific... See more
But a few specific... See more
The Information • Clubhouse and the Future of Cult-Driven Social Platforms
It’s important that people—actual individuals—are doing the work for themselves to decide how exactly they want to group information together, because it’s this exercise that hones a person’s unique intuition. It’s personal intuition that gives a piece of information a unique shape to live in, and it's the many connected shapes that make Are.na
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