Back in the day, the idea of controlling computers with our minds seemed just far from reality. The only times we saw something like that was...
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Last year I wanted to go to a museum with my friends. The night before, I slept at my mom’s place but I found out I...
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Last week, I was talking with a friend who works in astronomy. He’s on the IT side of large, decade-spanning projects, and he told me that...
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In 2022, when the international travel restriction was finally lifted after COVID-19, I visited artist Lu Yang’s first solo show in the Zabludowicz Collection in London....
Continue reading...THERE ARE BUGS UNDER YOUR SKIN, and being scared of the number 7
Another week, another day in which I am sitting in my room, in front of my computer, spinning a record as I type. This week’s pick...
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How did the ‘World Brain’ fail to help me?
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Unpacking the Trend of Cozy Gaming
Earlier this year, on April 14th, YouTube featured a special logo (also known as a Yoodle) to celebrate the ‘cozy gaming community’. I’ve never been much...
Continue reading...The Twitch Streamer as a Digital Jester
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,...
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