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brainrot, buddhism, and radical meaning
I’m a child in kindergarten, repeating the word “eraser” over and over again.
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you also need the stuffed monkey
In 1957, the American psychologist Harry Harlow conducted an infamous experiment where baby rhesus monkeys were given the choice between two different…
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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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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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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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