New dark age. technology and the end of the future , James Bridle
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2025 5:45 am
James Bridle highlights the unverifiable speculations that abound in the media, generated largely by anonymous software. Despite the accessibility of information, we are living in a new dark age, where our ocean of information is increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics.
Rational Ritual. Culture, coordination, and Common Knowledge , Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Michael Suk-Young Chwe uses the concept of taiwan mobile database common knowledge to analyze a range of rituals across history and cultures. He shows that public ceremonies are powerful not only because they convey meaning from a central source to each member of the audience, but also because they allow members to know what other members know. This creates common knowledge, and advertisers who sell products that depend on this consensus are willing to pay large sums of money to access it.
Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts. Right now , Jaron Lanier
If you have trouble imagining life without social media, Jaron Lanier will prove to you that we would be better off without it. The author, who does not have any social media accounts, lays out ten arguments to convince us to leave these platforms. Despite these negative ideas, Jaron Lanier remains a technological optimist. He envisions a humanistic framework for social media that can guide us toward a richer, more complete way of living and a connection with our world.The podcast, a promising format for investigation
Rational Ritual. Culture, coordination, and Common Knowledge , Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Michael Suk-Young Chwe uses the concept of taiwan mobile database common knowledge to analyze a range of rituals across history and cultures. He shows that public ceremonies are powerful not only because they convey meaning from a central source to each member of the audience, but also because they allow members to know what other members know. This creates common knowledge, and advertisers who sell products that depend on this consensus are willing to pay large sums of money to access it.
Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts. Right now , Jaron Lanier
If you have trouble imagining life without social media, Jaron Lanier will prove to you that we would be better off without it. The author, who does not have any social media accounts, lays out ten arguments to convince us to leave these platforms. Despite these negative ideas, Jaron Lanier remains a technological optimist. He envisions a humanistic framework for social media that can guide us toward a richer, more complete way of living and a connection with our world.The podcast, a promising format for investigation