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0:00 – intro
2:06 – the bad
5:45 – thanks, sponsor!
6:53 – all the apps are trying to be the same
8:20 – the ugly
11:54 – tech billionaire losers
14:05 – tangent about language
18:19 – the creator economy
22:40 – AI slop
26:45 – stay tuned for part two!!
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TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban – https://www.npr.org/2025/01/18/nx-s1-5266146/tiktok-offline-supreme-court-ban#:~:text=Weekend%20Edition%20Sunday-,TikTok%20is%20offline%20in%20the%20U.S.%20after%20Supreme%20Court%20upholds,its%20China%2Dbased%20parent%20company.
‘The vibes were off’: How half a day without TikTok changed everything – https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/22/tiktok-ban-app-online-users-quit/
Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (by Kyle Chayka) – https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-the-internet-isnt-fun-anymore
How the algorithms are erasing culture & ruining our lives (Ashley Embers) – https://youtu.be/DRCYS21MBoM?si=5eydHOgK9FyLLLog
Context collapse – https://youtu.be/Kg80WfrZuTM?si=GhZXYlW0tgBCNKQe
Hank Green tiktok – https://www.tiktok.com/@hankgreen1?lang=en
The effects of ‘brain rot’: How junk content is damaging our minds – https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-12-26/the-effects-of-brain-rot-how-junk-content-is-damaging-our-minds.html
Machine yearning (by Rayne Fisher-Quann) – https://internetprincess.substack.com/p/machine-yearning
Technology isn’t fun anymore (Drew Gooden) – https://youtu.be/P-TANCVoHlc?si=ut5dwNqoXqA8rora
What if…social media were not for profit? (by Nick Dowson) – https://newint.org/features/2023/02/20/what-if%E2%80%A6social-media-were-not-profit
Tech billionaires want to get richer. Trump is already helping them. – https://www.npr.org/2025/01/24/1226561708/trump-billionaires-tech-oligarchy
A Nation of Online Incel Losers (by P.E. Moskowitz) – https://mentalhellth.xyz/p/a-nation-of-online-incel-losers
The Tech Bro-ligarchy (Matt Bernstein) – https://youtu.be/VUoraFiCwVc?si=rksbGtBoW61DM0yv
Christian Divyne tiktok – https://www.tiktok.com/@xiandivyne?lang=en
Why It’s Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy – https://bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/the-tech-trump-alliance/
Search the YouTube Videos Secretly Powering Generative AI – https://www.proofnews.org/youtube-ai-search/
The Endless Hell of YouTube Tutorials (The Zatzman) – https://youtu.be/3g0j2p_OYt4?si=p19HWh4irpyrR7Zi
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