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The latent cultural function of technologies
We don’t abandon the old because it’s obsolete or inefficient, it only goes away when its cultural roots dry up
Sep 23 • Adam Singer
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Consequence culture
The more you FA, the more you FO
Sep 18 • Adam Singer
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How people get misled
You should have have your shields up when viewing anything online - from both new and traditional media
Sep 16 • Adam Singer
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People are openly bragging about AI spam operations
What stage of the cycle is this?
Sep 10 • Adam Singer
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The forum wars are back
Another update on the state of social - Bluesky and the return of BBS-era website tribalism
Sep 9 • Adam Singer
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On commitment
Your life is only bad if you can't commit to things, and we have a crisis of commitment in modernity
Sep 2 • Adam Singer
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What's really going on in marketing
People hate that the professional managerial class is neutering everything into a soulless blandscape
Aug 22 • Adam Singer
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Writing is thinking
Fully outsourcing your writing to AI is a slow erosion of personal agency and autonomy
Aug 19 • Adam Singer
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