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# oddities
A quick update on some developments for this newsletter.
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Of all the dystopias that get covered in pop culture and the media, a technocracy seldom makes the list. It probably should.
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Silicon Valley embraced a new religion. And it borrows quite heavily from an old one.
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Far from trying to depopulate the planet, the champions of late stage capitalism are desperate for you to breed.
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Before we worry about artificial intelligence, we should really tackle natural stupidity.
# longform
Americans are becoming less social and more isolated. And our technology keeps encouraging this trend.
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Futurists and economists predicted that by now, we'd grind less, innovate more, and have time to enjoy more of our lives. So, what happened?
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Coverage of the fires and ICE protests in Los Angeles this year has been vicious and wildly hyperbolic. It's just a matter of time until your city is next.
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If the world feels increasingly like it wasn't built with you in mind anymore, you're right. But for who is it being built? And what can you do about it?
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A ramble about social media algorithms, the creator economy, and the futility of trying to go viral for a living.
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A new study hints that many QAnon believers weren't far right paranoiacs but totally apolitical bystanders. But how and why were they sucked into Satanic Panic 2.0?
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Some companies are quite literally turning to drugs in a desperate, demented search for more productivity as their frustrated employees turn to them for sanity.
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Countless influencers claim they use science to make people's lives better, longer, and healthier, for a fee, of course. What they're actually doing is selling magic.
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New research shows that the worse a country's income inequality, the more tolerance it has for buffoons in charge, and sometimes, actually prefers them.
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Last year, social media's far right denizens were fuming about walkable cities and neighborhoods. They're still fuming to this day.
