These apps are refined sugars and seed oils for the mind, causing a comparable type of mental sickness as those have on the body| www.hottakes.space
Some quick impressions of an actual agent| www.oneusefulthing.org
How the evolution of media created ultra-processed junk food for our mind.| www.readtrung.com
When I visited London last month, a large marketing push was underway for the paperback edition of Chris van Tulleken’s UK bestseller, Ultra-Processed People: Why ... Read more| Cal Newport
Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of sports footage on the platform helps to explain why.| www.readtrung.com
Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)| www.honest-broker.com
TikTok saw daily opens from 29% of its active installs, the second highest engagement after Instagram, which saw 39%.| sensortower.com
TikTok’s Warp Scan filter is a bizarre concept for a filter in and of itself, but the myriad of ways TikTok users put it to use just shows what happens when you throw random tools to the masses and allow for emergent creativity. It only takes a handful of innovators to unleash a meme tsunami.| Remains of the Day
In my previous post on TikTok I discussed why its For You Page algorithm is the connective tissue that makes TikTok work. It is the bus on its motherboard that connects and closes all its feedback loops.| Remains of the Day
NEXT POST: Part II of my thoughts on TikTok, on how the app design is informed by its algorithm and vice versa in a virtuous circle.| Remains of the Day