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Serendipity in the Smartphone Era: How to Court the Unexpected

The Lost Art of Chance: Rediscovering Serendipity in a Curated Age Serendipity in the Smartphone Era How to Court the Unexpected0:00/621.0873471× * Technology platforms anticipate our needs, but risk eroding serendipitous moments. * Psychological studies and historical breakthroughs show how spontaneity fuels creativity and problem-solving. * Breaking algorithmic predictability by

The Sartre Guide to Social Media: Why ‘Hell Is Other People’s Comments’

From selfies to selfhood: reclaiming authenticity in a world of performative posts * Sartre's "gaze" and "bad faith" explained. * Why social media is a Sartrean hellscape. * Sartre's antidotes for digital despair. One of my favorite viral memes was a post saying they'

Rituals 2.0: How Technology is Reinventing Community in the Digital Age

* Mircea Eliade and Emile Durkheim define a basis and utility for ritual in human connection. * Ritual is what's missing in modern society leading to depression, anxiety, and the loneliness epidemic. * Ritual can be embedded in UX design. * Technology is only isolating if the humans behind it neglect its

Escaping Meta's Cave: Why Plato Would Use Mastodon

* Decentralized Fediverse apps remove the Plato's Cave quality of social media algorithms. * Algorithms remove freedom of thought and individual development in areas like political discourse. * Censorship prohibits freedom of thought as much as what the algorithms volunteer to you. * Without ads and algorithms social media can be a