Tag: Social Media
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There is no such thing as a free lunch, just as there is no such thing as free speech; it all comes at a cost. The real question is who pays the ferryman. And the price of the trip. Let’s take social media, as we all know. Still, few are prepared to admit, it’s basically…
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If only we could capture anger and use it as fuel, for lately there seems to be no shortage of the stuff. It and its twin hate seem to be at the heart of the reactor as social media rages away to become a perpetual motion machine that not only violates the law of conservation…
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On the way home,Not that anyone cares,I’m just gladIf nobody stares. Who knows whatMacabre vicesThey all watch onMobile devices, Staring at phonesLike spaced-out monkeys —They’re allSocial media junkies. The devil’s work,As I’ve frequently said —I guess we’ll find outWhen we are dead. And when you arriveIn that celestial dock,You find it is for somethingYou posted…
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The Digital Vanity Trap For some reason, known to no one—since its explanation defies both logic and good taste—the internet is drowning in AI-generated action figures: the ultimate exercise in digital narcissism. Viral Sensations and Empty Promises Since the mechanism of how anything goes viral is a mystery—nothing more than virtual poo-sticks—and anyone who tells…
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The Growing Fear of Social Unrest and DivisionI used to think that it took a lot to scare me; I’m not talking about the anxiety that often afflicts me, but real fear—the kind I’m experiencing right now. It’s the same kind of shiver I felt on election night and the same as I feel now…