Mon. 11/07 - The Uncertain Future of Social Media, Our Phones, & Us
On TikTok, Twitter, and more broadly how social media has changed us, how we might finally be approaching a tipping point in how we use it, and the ways in which our devices play just as large a role as the algorithms.
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Links:
The Machine Stops (New Yorker)
TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm—It’s Your Phone (Wired)
Elon Musk is more Funko Pop than man (Garbage Day)
The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok (Vlogbrothers, YouTube)
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year…
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