social media

  • How Free Markets Destroy Their Ecosystems

    Imagine that most people only watched the Super Bowl Halftime Show to find something to nitpick and criticize on social media, and the producers knew this and intentionally created a halftime show to exploit this reality to increase revenue. Now…… Continue reading

  • Pattern Recognition

    I keep getting locked out of Twitter.“Suspicious Login Blocked.”I only ever log in from one place,and two step verification.No evidence of the account being hacked.A primitive way to manage social media?Not that I am at all influential. Trying to push… Continue reading

  • An Artist’s Journey

    If you were placed in the middle of a vast desert, not able to see anything in any direction, and no knowledge of the geography to determine which direction was best to reach safety, how would you act? Everyone would… Continue reading

  • Children Have No Boundaries

    Sitting back and relaxing, watching a football game with a friend. I don’t care about the game, or the sport, much less either of the teams,.. but my friend is an ardent fan of one team playing. As a casual… Continue reading

  • Parasitic Industries

    A Fractal Thought Exercise Imagine a professional sports industry whose league executives decided that it was beneficial to all if they manipulated the games to be more entertaining. They would do this by having the referees call fouls, or not… Continue reading

  • Visions and Revisions

    For some decades, our vision of our society has been deteriorating. Exponentially becoming less communal, less social, and more individualistic. Brutal individualism. Never mind the illusion social media creates. A single person alone can be rigid to their vision, if… Continue reading