A Q&A with entrepreneur, writer, and network-builder, Jenn Brandel
Social Construction | The Paper Pilot
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A revolution in our sense of self | Nick Chater
Psychologists have tried to plumb the depths of human motivation to make sense of our behaviour. But our inner mental world is a fiction, sustained by constant improvisation
Your Life is Driven by Network Effects
Revealing the Unseen Forces That Guide Your Life What city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear. We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we’re in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in … Continue reading "Your Life is Driven by Network Effects"
Empathy | The Paper Pilot
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Life is Strange | The Paper Pilot
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Altruism | The Paper Pilot
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Influencers, Bullshitters, and How We Lost a Shared Reality
A new book explores the ambiguous dominion of those who feign expertise online for clout.
Identity | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Digital Avatars | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Forgejo | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Chat Glue | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Incremental Social | The Paper Pilot
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Weird | The Paper Pilot
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Social Constructs | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Institute of Network Cultures | Ben Grosser: Planning the Exodus from Platform Realism
Thinking about the current state of platforms, I’m reminded of Mark Fisher’s articulation of capitalist realism, the idea that we don’t imagine or build alternatives to capitalism because we can no longer envision a world without it. Big tech, in a few short years, has managed to instill within the public a similar state of platform realism. So many are unable to imagine how global communication, media, search, etc. could ever function without the platforms. Despite a growing malaise, it’s become difficult for many to consider a world without big tech platforms as a viable conception of the future.
Social Networking Utopia — Matt
In discussing the network topology of social networks — whether centralized like Facebook or federated like ActivityPub — I think the ult...
