Watch on YouTube The Internet promised us enlightened discourse. Instead, we got PhDs arguing with anime avatars about gay frogs. New video essay: how social media’s engagement algorithms, psychological traps, and platform mechanics combine to make us collectively dumber through the trap of online “debate.” From the Dunning-Kruger Death
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The Internet promised us a renaissance of discourse. Armed with instant access to all human knowledge and the ability to connect with brilliant minds worldwide, we imagined our online debates would elevate human understanding to unprecedented heights. But two decades later, we scroll through our choice of social poison, watching
I had a post go semi-viral (for me, anyway) last night. It's nice when I get a few extra eyeballs on my work, so - hello, new readers. Welcome to the party, etc. It felt like an important post to write. We are facing a lot of nonsense
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Everything hurts right now. You open your phone. War. Collapse. Crisis. Corruption. Some days, it feels like watching the world burn down to ash in real-time. The weight of powerlessness settles in. The crush of too much information, too little agency. The vertigo of trying to find solid ground in
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I have a stubbornly "anti" disposition. I don't react well to impossibilities. It goes way back - and I'm assuming it has its roots in my DIY and punk rock obsession that I developed as an early teenager. I know - how very unique.
Hey folks, I just released a new video on YouTube, based on the blog post I dropped yesterday. I hope you'll give it a watch and subscribe! I discovered something unsettling at McDonald's that reveals a darker truth about our relationship with screens. Men order significantly
McDonald’s discovered something unsettling when they rolled out their self-service kiosks. Well, it's unsettling for those of us who don’t own shares in the Golden Arches: men are ordered differently when facing a screen versus a human. One burger became two. The guardrails of social judgment