Last week I wrote about how we infer a supernatural entity to the thing behind the AI cursor. This week I'm writing about how our brains freak out when we think there's nobody home behind the cursor. AI writing vibes For reasons various and rather banal,
It's been a minute since the last newsletter – life, as is its wont, has thrown us some curveballs in the last few weeks, including the illness of a close family member. So – dear reader – thank you for your patience. We'll be aiming to return to our
This is Part 2 of a two-part post about Gen Z boys and misogyny. Part 1 was about how the manosphere operates like global K-pop fandoms. Part 2 is about whether Gen Z men are actually more misogynistic than Boomers – and why we need to treat surveys in
This is a two-part post about Gen Z boys and misogyny. Part 1 is about how the teenage boys flocking around manosphere influencers are like global K-pop fandoms. Part 2 – on why we should probably stop talking about Gen Z as more misogynistic than Boomers –will drop in
I've been watching a lot of YouTube and TikTok videos lately in which Gen Z influencers compare the merits of Apple vs Samsung, or Apple vs Google Pixel. It made me think of how consumer expectations around what their devices should be capable of in terms of information
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