A feature documentary on the life and work of civic guru Robert Putnam.

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That is the eeriest part of these videos — the parents are barely interacting with their kids. Instead they are relating to a mirror image of their children that they are spreading online. And they are reveling in their power over that image.

The New Yorker - Elon: “X needs to have an AI feel with blockchain vibes. And it should always be tracking you.”

Jeff Hewitt - Television’s language and logic in everyday life.

Jeremy Keith on syndication to social networks - https://adactio.com/journal/7698

Much has been written about the Reddit boycott recently, but I have kind of a wild take. what if we thought of Reddit as, functionally, subservient to OpenAI?

Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and share information. In humans, information flows were initially shaped by natural selection yet are increasingly structured by emerging communication technologies.