The 10-Year-Old Tweet That Still Defines the Internet
A cryptic utterance from a supposed spambot never lost its relevance.
Have the Crypto Bosses Learned Anything At All?
The crash should have been a humbling moment for the industry. Instead, companies are doubling down.
Fashion Has Abandoned Human Taste
Stores are stocked with copycat designs. It’s a nightmare.
Google’s AI Is Something Even Stranger Than Conscious
Machine sentience is overrated.
The Personal Brand Is Dead
Gen Z would rather be anonymous online.
Google’s ‘Sentient’ Chatbot Is Our Self-Deceiving Future
The next generation of AI will put the pathetic fallacy on steroids.
America’s Need for Speed Never Ends Well
If 15-minute-delivery apps sound too good to be true, that’s because they are.
Why Fangirls Scream
From bobby-soxers to Beatlemania to Bieber Fever—we all know what a screaming fangirl looks like. But do we really know why she’s screaming?
How to Fix Twitter—And All of Social Media
The online-speech debate pretends that we must choose between absolute freedom and centralized control. Let’s try something else.
The Viral Online Challenge Is Never Coming Back
We used to come together on social media. Now we come apart.
The Crypto Crash Feels Amazing
It could have been me. I’m glad it wasn’t me.
Why the Internet Hates Amber Heard
Notes on the paranoid style in online fandom
Steelmaking Cannot Go On This Way
Roughly a tenth of global carbon emissions comes from the steel industry. Doing something about that is easier said than done.
What Do Female Incels Really Want?
Online, groups of women have started using the rhetoric of the incel movement. But to what end?
What Did Medieval Peasants Know?
The internet has become strangely nostalgic for life in the Middle Ages.
Please Ignore My Last 577 Tweets
I’m not selling NFTs.
The Truth About Slushies Must Come Out
Every slushie is different. Every slushie is the same.
Shadowbanning Is Big Tech’s Big Problem
Social-media companies deny quietly suppressing content, but many users still believe it happens. The result is a lack of trust in the internet.
Why Hunter Biden’s Laptop Will Never Go Away
Could anything that happens with this laptop bring us closure?
Elon Musk Already Showed Us How He’ll Run Twitter
For a hint at how Twitter will fare under its new owner, consider how he operates his other enterprises.
The Elon Musk Placebo Effect
Even if Twitter’s new owner changes nothing about the site, it will still feel different.
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