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Apr 19, 2022

8 Good Reasons To Be Suspicious of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

And if Elon is genuine about the significance of the platform, these are things he should probably address in the open — Let’s start with an important caveat: I’m not an Elon Musk hater. …

Elon Musk

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8 Good Reasons To Be Suspicious of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
8 Good Reasons To Be Suspicious of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
Elon Musk

18 min read


Published in The Content Zeitgeist

·Feb 7, 2021

Birdwatch and Facebook’s Oversight Board: trying to paper over a system that’s toxic by design

They are doomed conceptual band-aids. Let’s unpack why. Plus: the flaw they share with Higher Education — First, a 30 second primer. Twitter’s Birdwatch and Facebook’s Oversight Board Twitter and Facebook (and every other online platform) are grappling with how to handle moderation as the activity on their platforms grows increasingly out of control, with real world ramifications. Birdwatch is Twitter’s answer, Facebook’s is their Oversight Board.

Attention Economy

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Birdwatch and Facebook’s Oversight Board are systemic gaslighting: trying to paper over a system…
Birdwatch and Facebook’s Oversight Board are systemic gaslighting: trying to paper over a system…
Attention Economy

8 min read


Jan 10, 2021

How To Create a Social Fabric Tornado

3 reasons for America’s crazed reality, and Trump isn’t one of them — “The Storm is coming.” If you’ve heard of QAnon, the mainstream conspiracy theory movement tied to Donald Trump, you’ve probably heard about “the storm”. It’s a supposed sudden wave of arrests and revelations that would prove Trump’s heroic efforts to save the world from a cabal of satanic baby-eating globalists.

Trump

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How To Create a Social Fabric Tornado
How To Create a Social Fabric Tornado
Trump

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Aug 30, 2020

Lost amidst the pandemic and civil unrest? AI that can collapse the economy arrived 10 years early.

Another economic shockwave is going to hit its stride in 2 years or less. 12 examples of jobs that will be affected, and 12 questions we should be asking. We need an AI plan as badly and urgently as we needed a pandemic plan. — Five years ago, Tim Urban published The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence. Two images have always stuck with me from that post.

Policy

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Lost amidst the pandemic and civil unrest? AI that can collapse the economy arrived 10 years early.
Lost amidst the pandemic and civil unrest? AI that can collapse the economy arrived 10 years early.
Policy

23 min read


Published in UX Collective

·Jun 27, 2020

👁👄👁 is everything / this is how you “design a cultural reflection”

BLM. Clubhouse. Stepchickens. Meta-memes. VC thirst traps. The explosive rise of the 👁👄👁 app is the culture of 2020 rolled into one. And here’s why and how. Driven by the philosophy of one of its apparent founders. If you weren’t on Twitter — especially tech/startup Twitter — on June 25th…

Startup Lessons

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👁👄👁 is everything / this is how you “design a cultural reflection”
👁👄👁 is everything / this is how you “design a cultural reflection”
Startup Lessons

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Published in wonder|wander

·May 7, 2018

This is America

This is America. An experiment in liberty, co-opted for control And the raw purchasing power of hypnotism. It’s “the invisible hand” making marionettes dance lurching and insidious. It’s a psychotic trip, loving itself perversely. America is a violent addiction to consumption and entitlement. …

Childish Gambino

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Childish Gambino

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Published in The Content Zeitgeist

·Mar 7, 2018

There’s a Click Bubble, and it’s about to burst. Ready?

The bad news: the largest advertisers in the world are pulling their budgets. The world’s biggest publishers have declared an ad-free future. Facebook is punishing traffic that doesn’t generate discussion. EU regulation will soon massively limit data collection. And much more. The online attention economy is collapsing in on itself. …

Internet

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There’s a Click Bubble, and it’s about to burst. Ready?
There’s a Click Bubble, and it’s about to burst. Ready?
Internet

16 min read


Published in wonder|wander

·Sep 6, 2017

Shattering infinity and putting it together

What I think about, when I think about creation. Press play and read on. Playing with toys evolved into playing with ideas. Reflection became imagination. Ejected from the the mold, we were dropped into systems and structures, like finely forged insects suddenly trapped in resin. Bureaucracy, rules, definitions. Our…

Journal

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Shattering infinity and putting it together
Shattering infinity and putting it together
Journal

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Published in wonder|wander

·Aug 22, 2017

384,400 km Shadow

— I remember when I saw a total eclipse as a kid in 1999, in Bucharest. The vivid memory is of all the stray dogs, and birds in the trees, suddenly erupting into a cacophony of howls and anxious song, as day seemed to become an out of place evening. …

Astronomy

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Astronomy

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Feb 1, 2017

Pretend you’re Trump. Then You’ll understand all of his cabinet appointments.

Just like any other person these days, I’ve been dragged into countless conversations about The Donald. When it comes to his conflicts of interest, I find it strange that everyone obsesses about the micro, rather than the macro. Trump’s personality, history, and actual statements paint a pretty clear, consistent, end-to-end…

Politics

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Pretend you’re Trump. Then You’ll understand all of his cabinet appointments.
Pretend you’re Trump. Then You’ll understand all of his cabinet appointments.
Politics

12 min read

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