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Memetics is my beat as a reporter. It’s a study of culture and information sharing that centers memes — the cultural corollary to the gene. It involves internet memes as we know them but goes much further as internet memes are only one kind of meme (albeit the most widely known). Memetics analyzes society at large and how media, trends and ideas travel within various networks. Understand memetics and you understand some major aspects of the human psyche.
Jul 17, 2023
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I personally don't like this meme. However, I think it's very interesting to look at the ways in which the attention economy evolves, as well as how influencers could profit off of virality in more tangible ways.
Sep 18, 2024
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sometimes it’s more fun to read the book review, or the tweets about the book review, than to read the actual book. sometimes you learn more about a news event from the associated memes than the headline story. sometimes the weird creepy ai tiktok remix is better entertainment value than the original video
Apr 9, 2024
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Thinking, writing, and talking about how social media orgs self- and co-regulate. PI.FYI, you’re my online happy place ♥️
Feb 7, 2024
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One of my all-time favorite musicians. Pre-revolution Iranian psychedelic rock but also singer-songwriter vibes. Cinematic, confessional, transformative. Some of the most tragic, lush and poetic lyricism I’ve ever encountered. It’s crying music but the kind that you can also play in a car full of people. I recommend “Saraabe Toe,” “Entezar” and “Gole Yakh” to start.
Jul 17, 2023
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The only game on my phone. It’s very therapeutic and engaging. God speaks to me through Woodoku as I often get angle numbers in my scores when I play.
Jul 17, 2023
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“Our aim is wakefulness, our enemy is dreamless sleep.” I encountered that slogan on Tumblr for the first time when I was 14 and was like ‘Wait, that is also my aim and enemy.’ I love the idea of music and performance leading to organization and directed literature. Not in a scary way but in a spiritual way. Read the Grey Book.
Jul 17, 2023