How to survive the age of anger
In Josh Cohen’s All the Rage, a psychoanalyst offers a path through the divisive world of online grievance and populist…
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The limits of an influencer election
Both the Trump and Harris teams relied heavily on online personalities and meme-style messaging. Will it matter?
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Do not buy an AI smartphone
The new wave of smartphones represents a global social experiment into the future of AI and humanity.
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How Elon Musk killed Twitter
His vainglorious $44bn takeover backfired on investors, employees, users – and the world’s richest man himself.
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How Telegram fosters online extremism
The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.
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My addiction to vertical video
It started with TikTok. So I deleted TikTok. But then I found myself on YouTube Shorts – then Instagram Reels…
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Jay Slater and our true-crime-poisoned culture
The cruel online response to the 19-year-old’s disappearance shows how real people’s lives have become fodder for content.
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TikTok will destroy our sense of political history
The app flattens all sense of perspective on the past.
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