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No More Stupidity Amplification

Like that title? It’s my riff on Doctorow’s “platform decay” concept. Even before the Internet evolved beyond Web 2.0 into social media, people were already having second thoughts. Social media platforms make money off your unpaid content generation, personal data … Continue reading

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World’s End Foreshadowed Brexit (Spoilers obviously!)

I didn’t notice this until tonight–and I kinda wish it occurred to me two years ago–but Pegg and Wright’s, 2013 movie, World’s End can be viewed as a metaphor for the Brexit referendum.  The galactic network of alien robot overlords … Continue reading

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