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the future is gambling on your attention
how polymarket is about to destroy the internet
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human infohazards
a theory of parasitic memetics
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why I enjoy conveyor belt advertisements
My favorite Instagram page over the past few months has been 123rollenbaan.nl, which appears to be the marketing account of a Dutch conveyor belt…
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your reality is someone's content
I love living near Washington Square Park.
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what to do in digital stew
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how we created a simulation of language
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the non-places of social media
One of the many insidious effects of technological advancement is that more of our places are becoming non-places.
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the importance of not knowing
It’s human nature to be inquisitive.
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platform logic
how tech companies structure our conversations
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67, clip farming, and the panopticon
Last month, Dictionary.com chose “67” as its word of the year, and I’m not surprised in the slightest.
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your phone is a fake house
The wooden stairs in my childhood home had a creaky step.
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the gooner and the caveman
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