Our digital age is full of distractions. Media reports the facts with bias. We collect the news you need about Big Tech, cybersecurity, transhumanism, social media and media ecology.
Just when we thought that Twitter could not get any crazier, last week showed that just isn’t possible. Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media platform was accepted by the governing board. If you read the copious amounts of commentary, you would think that the end of the world was imminent. Even if Musk’s… Read More We will not have this man rule over us
Last week, we reported that Elon Musk had set Social Media-land ablaze when he became the largest shareholder of Twitter. But he really set heads exploding a few days ago, making an offer to buy the whole company. During an interview, Musk said he sees Twitter as a “de facto town square” and said that “having a public… Read More You can always build your own Twitter
Where the heart leads, the mind will follow, and this is the great jeopardy of the age of screen gods. When you tune in, when you scroll, you cannot know where your heart will be led until it’s already been led there. The longer you let them lead you where you do not want to… Read More 5th Gen Warfare, Go!
Maybe this is how Hollywood dies— not really with a bang but with a sort of confused whimper, pressed into a puddle by the weight of its own professed values. While the Academy Awards were watched by hardly anyone, most everyone has now heard about “The Slap.” Reactions and tweets were swift and plentiful, but… Read More Slap
Mad readers will probably be aware of the desire of Big Tech titans to see their virtual reality dreams comes true. We have written about the nascent “metaverse” and its attendant issues, but a Vermont start-up thinks what the digital world really needs is scent. The writer says “for virtual reality to feel like reality, it needs smell.”… Read More Smelly-vision
Here’s a surprising bit of news out of the world of geek… Tech blogger DKB reckons that Google search has lost its stranglehold on internet searches. Programmer and blogger Mike Solana seems to agree. Prompted by overreactions to “misinformation” and unrest of the masses, he wrote a recent Substack about the unholy trinity of politics, media and Big Tech. Solana… Read More Losing their grip
Musician Neil Young went to bat for what he believes telling Spotify to pick between hosting his music or Joe Rogan’s podcast. Young is upset that the streaming platform lets Rogan interview whomever he likes and is complicit in spreading the dreaded “Misinformation.” The head of the WHO thanked Young for standing up for science. But Spotify backed Rogan whose podcast has… Read More Unacceptable views
If you’ve been listening to the Mad Christian lately, you might have heard the term “mass formation psychosis” mentioned more than once. Folks who promulgate the theory suggest that pandemic restrictions have created perfect conditions for people to fall under the spell of mass formation. The theory requires that a few things be present before mass formation… Read More Mass disinformation neurosis
There has been a not-too-subtle change in the officially accepted take on COVID-19 in the last couple of weeks. Ben Shapiro was one of those who documenting the flip-flopping in a Twitter thread. After promising to “shut down the virus,” not the economy nor the county, President Biden conceded last week that there is “no federal solution” to the pandemic. It is… Read More Before and after
Henry Ford once famously said that folks could have the popular Model-T automobile in any color, “so long as it is black.” Ford cars did come in other colors but scaling up the newly-invented assembly line was easier with less variables. Fast forward to today and those with means can have any and all options. But even for… Read More Decisions! Decisions!
