Sriya Sridhar
@sris
Academic studying tech law and policy, seeking things that make sense and perpetual calm. Lit and poetry are my first loves
Sriya Sridhar
This comic speaks to my soul right now.
In Praise of Shadows: A Prose Elegy
theatlantic.com
It’s almost like boredom doesn’t exist, like difficulty doesn’t exist, scarcity doesn’t exist. And a feeling I’ve been having a lot lately is that scarcity is often what creates meaning. When you’re surrounded by infinite possibilities, when you know around the next corner is another video that might be funnier, you’re never going to sit with the t
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The document discusses René Girard's theory of mimetic desire and its implications, analyzing how desires are formed socially and the role of identification in desire acquisition.
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By failing to name and frame manipulative design practices, the guidance forecloses regulatory attention to the intentional structuring of user behaviour through interface , leaving the architecture that governs exposure, prolongs engagement, and shapes digital habitus unexamined. It also limits the evidentiary expectations placed on service provid... See more
Dr Mark R Leiser • Systemic Manipulation, Child Vulnerability, and the Regulatory Deficit in Ofcom’s Framework
You don’t need a reason to leave. Wanting to leave is enough. Leaving doesn’t mean you’re incapable of real love or that you’ll never love anyone else again. It doesn’t mean you’re morally bankrupt or psychologically demented or a nymphomaniac. It means you wish to change the terms of one particular relationship. That’s all. Be brave enough to bre
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