Artificial Culture
The influence of AI now goes far beyond daily transactions and into the construction of our daily lives and decisions. It is impacting culture. What could this mean for the species’ future?
Tag: culture
Designing my desires
Mimetic desire, compounded by algorithms, are increasingly determining what we desire, without us having any idea it’s happening. This is how I am making my own ‘red pill’.
In Code we Trust
TikTok’s tremendous success across culturally diverse markets is a proof of concept that “a machine learning algorithm…can pierce the veil of cultural ignorance”. What does this mean for culture?
10 Observations from working with Millennials
The dynamics of ‘work’ have been changing for a while now, so much that when I think about writing on the subject, my thinking almost seems outdated! Not surprising, GigaOm’s post from a year ago – How the great generational shift is causing transformation in the very nature of employment – shows as many as six generations […]
A shift in the world order
(via) It has been a while since I wrote about nation states, or notion states as I call them. Now is not really a good time to bring this up in India, but hey, it’s a free country. Oh, wait! Therefore, let’s talk about Apple vs the FBI on where digital security ends and national security […]