We all know the image of the court jester: a funny little guy dressed in bright colors and a silly hat, maybe doing a weird-looking dance...
Continue reading...Kidfluencers: The New Generation of Child Stars
Kids are becoming social media stars, often without understanding the impact. Parents of “kidfluencers” profit from their children’s online presence, but unlike child actors, these kids lack protections. The result? A childhood turned into a performance, with lasting emotional and financial consequences.
Continue reading...World Brain or Our Own Brain?
Sometimes, I can’t help but think that our reliance on Google is almost as essential as our dependence on sunlight, air, and water. Many aspects of...
Continue reading...The trust we have in the World Brain
During the information age, the age we currently live in, the internet has become synonymous with the concept of the world brain. The mind of the...
Continue reading...Sonder; the stories we’ll never know
Have you ever been struck by the realization that every person around you has a life as rich and complex as your own? That fleeting moment...
Continue reading...The Rise of Artificial Voices and How We Perceive Them
This summer, Dutch regional radio station RTV Drenthe hired a new newsreader: the news bulletins on Saturday and Sunday, still written by human journalists, are now...
Continue reading...Brains of the World, and Degradation of Programming!
One of the most heard words, if not the most heard word, in the programming scenery is ‘create’, along with its inflections. However, only a programmer...
Continue reading...Yes, I Got Scammed—All Thanks to Google’s Top Result!
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Is it justified to call the developments in artificial intelligence an Industrial Revolution? – a historical perspective
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Big Tech and The State
In the past weeks, the shock arrest of Pavel Durov, founder of the social media network Telegram has made global headlines and highlights yet another battle...
Continue reading...Transition: from Musical.ly to TikTok
I open TikTok, type in a handle which I will abstain from mentioning here and reminisce about the sweet years of 2016 and 2017 when Musical.ly...
Continue reading...Techological Exnovation
Yesterday, I had a discussion with some friends. We talked about the advantages and disadvantages of technological innovation in society. My friends all study natural sciences,...
Continue reading...Against the Storm and Violence in Video Games
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Chasing Fame in the Digital Age
And boom you’re famous. It happens all the time on the internet nowadays. especially with social media like TikTok. Some of my friends experienced this when...
Continue reading...Stan Culture: Fandoms in the Digital Age
From the moment I’ve first had access to the internet, I’ve continuously been in different fan communities. My pre-teen and teenage years were spent “fangirling” over...
Continue reading...Analog Nostalgia in the Digital Age
In today’s digital society, we are constantly barraged with stimuli, be it our phones, billboards, or a thousand flashing lights enticing us to venture into that...
Continue reading...Quantum Humanities: Taking Digital Humanities to the Next Level
The field of digital humanities combines digital technologies and computing with the disciplines of the humanities. It has provided many new research opportunities, but just like...
Continue reading...Every Girl on TikTok wants to be a Slavic Doll
Last winter of 2023/24 women worldwide were cosplaying Slavic girls. Slavic Girl Trend emerged on TikTok – women were filming themselves dancing to the song by...
Continue reading...Secularisation, Individualism and ChatGPT
For the vast majority of human history, we lived in relatively small communities, often with only minor religious differences that made it easy to communicate with...
Continue reading...A Black Hole: The Apple Ecosystem
It would be fair to say that many companies develop their ecosystems within their digital products. One of the most commonly recognized ones is The Apple...
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