Category Archives: social media
Are Social Media Phony By Default?
“The world will be better if you share more.” That’s what Mark Zuckerberg claims. And it’s part of a general philosophy of many fans of social media: that they help us to be more “social”, friendlier, cooperative, collaborative…in other words … Continue reading
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What Social Media Wants
Kevin Kelly wants us to undertand what he calls the “technium” and outlines his life’s work in What Technology Wants. I’d like to riff on the way Kelly uses the word “want” with respect to Social Media, and ask: “What … Continue reading
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The Placenta Incident & The Shawshank Redemption
So I ran RNchat last night to open up discussion about The Placenta Incident (click over to read about it). It’s a movie in the making. Generally speaking, I sometimes wonder if the ghost of Warden Samuel Norton in The … Continue reading
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Socialganda
Socialganda = Social Media + Propaganda. Socialganda. Almost a century ago, Sigmund Freud’s nephew Edward Bernays pretty much fathered what we came to know as Propaganda. Bernays understood the susceptibility of crowds to manipulation – thus the benefits of being … Continue reading
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Beware Psychosis in Social Media
What’s the difference between passion and psychosis? Passion enables you to seek out the things that help you get things done. Psychosis drives you to see things that aren’t there, or to think in ways that are disconnected from reality. … Continue reading
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