The internet, being, yet, another public space, is certainly full of all kinds of contributors ranging from the villain to the benevolent. The choice of scale...
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My dependency on the Internet or the so-called World Brain
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Jodi.org and the Deconstruction of Games
The early internet pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s envisioned a democratic environment of commonly accessible creative tools, where communication channels would enable innovative approaches for...
Continue reading...I will write the message in my notes app and you will tell me if I should send it ok?
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An Introduction to Fanfiction
In a vain attempt to shame myself into limiting my phone usage, I recently took another look at my screen time. On Monday, I spent around...
Continue reading...Fighting ‘brainrot’
YouTube is my favourite social media platform. For years, I have been watching videos on it every single day. When I was younger, I would watch...
Continue reading...Advice from strangers: Friendly Beauty Tips or Subtle Body Shaming?
Xiaohongshu, a popular Chinese lifestyle platform, started a trend called ‘Ting’quan’ at the beginning of this year, which means ‘listen to advice’. Moreover, this hashtag refers...
Continue reading...The Dark Side of Curiosity: My Experience with Online Privacy Invasion
When I was in high school, something happened that forever changed the way I view social media and digital privacy. It wasn’t a big, dramatic event,...
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How Video Games Spread Across the Globe
So recently I have been playing the new Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Its the latest title of the Zelda series, available exclusively on the...
Continue reading...Social Media and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories
Earlier this week, Austria’s far-right FPÖ emerged as the big winner in the national elections. The FPÖ, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, is known...
Continue reading...A love letter to Letterboxd
The beauty of the digital world is that you can find little niches and make them your safe space. For me, there are a number of...
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Note on terminology Any occurrence of term “medium” in this blog post refers solely to “any physical material (as tape, disk, paper, etc.) used for recording...
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When some of my friends visited Amsterdam this summer, they eagerly shared their vivid experience of seeing images of Van Gogh’s paintings in the psychedelic aftermath...
Continue reading...Response to Injustice: Digital “Activism” and the Need for Real-World Action
In recent years, the digital landscape has transformed the way we communicate, share information, and engage with social issues. One of the most significant changes from...
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Digital Minimalism.
At a time when our lives are increasingly intertwined with digital devices, the idea of digital minimalism has emerged as a powerful potential antidote to the...
Continue reading...(In)Accessible Knowledge: Unpacking Google’s Power
In book “World Brain” H. G. Wells proposed the idea of World Brain, much like a big encyclopaedia which would be accessible to the majority of...
Continue reading...Music Streaming: A Perspective
I sometimes wonder how people like my dad viewed music when he was my age. These days, I can open Spotify and listen to anything from...
Continue reading...Allowing the World Brain to Influence my Daily Decisions
A while ago I joined the waitlist for Illumicrate and Fairyloot, two monthly subscription services that provide special editions of recently released books. I didn’t have...
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