I'm the only person I know who has tried to be critical over technology use, information intake and, especially, social media and algorithms (not saying this to show off). So I've commonly had interactions in which people mention celebrities, memes or "super important" news that I'm unaware of. They get baffled! "How do you not know this?", "how do you stay informed?", "*cue awkward laughing after someone doesn't get a joke*". Truth be told, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. So what if I don't know a singer? So what if I I'm not following this politician's words every 5 seconds? But it's become such a norm that telling people of my choices is *almost* as exhausting as actually keeping up with the "news".
Thank you so much for these kind words. The same way 'imperfections' are being celebrated in the age of AI, in a kind of funny way, idiocy kind of signals the modern-day authenticity.
Completely forgot about Wolfram Alpha until now -- thank you for digging into that forgotten part of my brain! Loved reading this.
So glad you enjoyed it :) — thinking about re-doing school right now with all these tools is both nostalgic and scary...
I'm the only person I know who has tried to be critical over technology use, information intake and, especially, social media and algorithms (not saying this to show off). So I've commonly had interactions in which people mention celebrities, memes or "super important" news that I'm unaware of. They get baffled! "How do you not know this?", "how do you stay informed?", "*cue awkward laughing after someone doesn't get a joke*". Truth be told, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. So what if I don't know a singer? So what if I I'm not following this politician's words every 5 seconds? But it's become such a norm that telling people of my choices is *almost* as exhausting as actually keeping up with the "news".
Thank you so much for these kind words. The same way 'imperfections' are being celebrated in the age of AI, in a kind of funny way, idiocy kind of signals the modern-day authenticity.