1. Jordan Harbinger's podcast has quite a few episodes on social media, AI, and the overall internet's influence on society. It has really opened my eyes to the psychological tricks built into algorithms by social media companies, to keep us scrolling to make them richer and to eat away at our mental health and civility. I've moved more to Substack in the last few months, and away from FB and Insta (and avoided TikTok like the plague), after realizing how my own mental health was being played by certain content.
2. My expensive, fancy, and what had believed to be sturdy, tea kettle of about two years old died yesterday. I'm mad that most things are built with planned obsolescence. The plan is to dismantle it to see what the issue is and try to fix it... so take that, Cuisinart! At least the backup, stove top kettle won't die (unless the new range dies).
Ooo thanks for the podcast recommendation! And planned obsolescence makes me FURIOUS - thinking specifically of Apple, but so many other products and companies have implemented this too. Combined with advertising, I often feel helpless if I think about it too much. CBC's Under the Influence (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence) really opened my eyes to this. I too try to fix as much as I can - I've repaired my 20-year-old headphones at least 4 times now - but it's hard to find parts for a lot of items.
Anyway! Thanks for this great comment :) And Andrew, thank you as always for cultivating a 'slow' place on the internet away from algorithms and with a focus on local news.
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1. Jordan Harbinger's podcast has quite a few episodes on social media, AI, and the overall internet's influence on society. It has really opened my eyes to the psychological tricks built into algorithms by social media companies, to keep us scrolling to make them richer and to eat away at our mental health and civility. I've moved more to Substack in the last few months, and away from FB and Insta (and avoided TikTok like the plague), after realizing how my own mental health was being played by certain content.
2. My expensive, fancy, and what had believed to be sturdy, tea kettle of about two years old died yesterday. I'm mad that most things are built with planned obsolescence. The plan is to dismantle it to see what the issue is and try to fix it... so take that, Cuisinart! At least the backup, stove top kettle won't die (unless the new range dies).
Ooo thanks for the podcast recommendation! And planned obsolescence makes me FURIOUS - thinking specifically of Apple, but so many other products and companies have implemented this too. Combined with advertising, I often feel helpless if I think about it too much. CBC's Under the Influence (https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence) really opened my eyes to this. I too try to fix as much as I can - I've repaired my 20-year-old headphones at least 4 times now - but it's hard to find parts for a lot of items.
Anyway! Thanks for this great comment :) And Andrew, thank you as always for cultivating a 'slow' place on the internet away from algorithms and with a focus on local news.