Taylor Lorenz is telling the real history of the internet
Think it was only genius tech bros who shaped social media? Think again.
Think it was only genius tech bros who shaped social media? Think again.
Forget 4th century monks: we ask the writer and “deep state internet princess” to imagine a fresh set of cultural crimes.
The humans behind the technology are far scarier than ChatGPT. Panic and hysteria aside, what are some of the positive things AI could help us achieve?
My Media Diet: In her debut novel, Allie Rowbottom unpicks what longing for synthetic beauty can do to a person’s psyche. Here’s what the author – who’s well acquainted with Instagram’s dark underbelly – gets up to online.
The social app might position itself as the anti-Instagram, but it’s really just another avenue for us to pretend our lives are a highlight reel. Do we need the added (two minutes of) pressure?
Ickbait: If you use words like “oomf” or post selfies with people you don’t know, Daisy Jones is logging off.