Modern Life
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AI Dog vs Helpless Human – Who’s Really Smarter?
Your dog is ace. I know it. Our dog is. All dogs are. All animals are. Your dog is an incredibly loving automation system. Oh, did I say automation? Yes. I did. They are aren’t they? Fully autonomous. Runs on pure instinct and real-time intelligence. No cloud connection needed. No updates necessary (just food). No…
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The Algorithm Con – How Social Media Manipulates Us
Algorithms, algorithms, algorithms. That’s all we’ve been hearing about for years now. And here we are, midway through 2023, watching the AI bandwagon race along at full speed, churning out generated content, videos, articles, the lot. Bullshit everywhere, made by AI. And the search results? Completely screwed. Google’s algorithms haven’t caught up. Did they ever?…
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Ragebait, Deepfakes and the Death of Trust Online
This has been bothering me for a while, and it’s finally tipped over from background noise into something I can’t ignore. Ragebait isn’t new. Sensationalism isn’t new. People twisting stories for attention has been around as long as people have been selling newspapers on street corners. What is new is how little effort it now…
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Big Tech Is Stealing Your Life and You’re Paying for It
This video addresses a harrowing question: How much of our finite lives are we actually surrendering to Big Tech, and what is the true cost of our “free” social media addiction? The answer is as stark as it is depressing: the average young person is on track to spend 93% of their remaining free time looking at screens.…
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Why Digital Communication Encourages Shallow Thinking
There’s something deeply flawed about how we communicate now. Not because we communicate more. But because we think less. Digital communication encourages shallow processing. It rewards speed over reflection, reaction over reasoning, and certainty over curiosity. And when shallow processing meets confidence, you get loops. Endless loops. When the Evidence Is Right There and Nobody…
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Stop Blaming Social Media – Parents Need to Parent
What is it with parents, schools, and even government officials banging on about how kids should spend less time staring at screens? Kids should spend less time on social media. We should restrict their access to platforms. We should limit their time on devices. Here’s a radical thought: just take the devices off them. Better…
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Why Social Media is Total Rubbish for Your Career
Does social media provide any genuine value to our professional and personal lives, or is it merely a predatory distraction? The video argues that social media is not a fundamental technology but an addictive entertainment product designed to harvest personal data. Professional success is built on “deep work” and rare, valuable skills – both of…
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The Dog Biscuit Incident: An ADHD Research Tragedy
It started with a dog biscuit. Not an important biscuit. Not a special, vet-prescribed, artisan, cold-pressed, Himalayan-lentil, air-dried biscuit. Just a bog-standard crunchy treat from a tub that had definitely been open for “a while”, in the same way that milk in the fridge is sometimes “probably fine”. A normal person would’ve sniffed it, shrugged,…
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The 80s: Almost Everyone Looked Weird and We Loved It
Damn, the 80s were great. The music, the styles, the hair. Women looked amazing in their big clothes and big hairdos. Men looked like… well, mostly well dressed men but with so many variations. Punk in one corner, smart-dressed mods in another, with the look of Duran Duran and Dead or Alive bouncing around on…
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“You’re Not Broken” – Except Now I Think I Might Be
Bloody hell, here we are. A few years into this social media thing and I’m already questioning where it’s all headed. I’ve been watching this Facebook stuff for a while now. Joined it several years back, mostly to see what the fuss was about. Still don’t get it, if I’m honest. People would rather sit…