Mon. 11/07 - The Uncertain Future of Social Media, Our Phones, & Us

<p><strong><em>On TikTok, Twitter, and more broadly how social media has changed us, how we might finally be approaching a tipping point in how we use it, and the ways in which our devices play just as large a role as the algorithms.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>I Am Bio, Subscribe at <a href="https://www.bio.org/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bio.org/podcast</a></li><li>Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at <a href="https://www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/cool" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">uncommongoods.com/cool</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/the-machine-stops" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Machine Stops</a> (New Yorker)</li><li><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-phones-extended-mind-philosophy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm—It’s Your Phone</a> (Wired)</li><li><a href="https://www.garbageday.email/p/elon-musk-is-more-funko-pop-than" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk is more Funko Pop than man</a> (Garbage Day)</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDYbdLain2E" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok</a> (Vlogbrothers, YouTube)</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/fantasyland-how-america-went-haywire-a-500-year-history-kurt-andersen/11731401?ean=9780812978902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History</a> by Kurt Andersen </li><li><a href="https://www.ridehome.info/show/techmeme-ride-home/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Techmeme Ride Home</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://collider.com/the-sandman-sleeping-sickness-neil-gaiman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Real Sleeping Sickness That Inspired Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman'</a> (Collider) </li><li><a href="http://twitter.com/jackisnotabird" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Bird on Twitter</a></li>