Opinion | Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones
I realized one of the key reasons why social media makes me feel so out of joint with the world, and with myself. I think all of these ideas—the messages implicit in these mediums—are wrong.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
For years I had derived a large part of my meaning in life from the thin, insistent signals of the web. Now they were gone, and I could see how paltry and lacking in substance they were. But, still, I missed them.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
This algorithmic repetition isn’t just a fashion trend; it’s the prevailing spirit across multiple cultural domains. What Mull observes about clothes, the critic Ted Gioia has been analyzing in music, where the Spotify era delivers what’s already tested and popular while the opportunities for new artists diminish. Instead of entering a process of d... See more