RE: The Sinister Cost of the Algorithmically Driven Ritual

What a fantastic post (thank you for appearing in my notifications and reminding me I wanted to read this). I think the friend you mentioned, like most of us, posted it for the desperate need for connection, no? Very scarce despite all this "social" media.

I resonate with what you wrote - criticizing the algorithms and the status quo, while also being stuck inside. We're all hoping for the occasional diamond in the rough. And I was having a conversation along these very lines with someone the other day that reached a very similar conclusion - I don't think it's hypocritical of us. Reckon we can still be aware of and rail against the dangers of social media and tech-dependence while looking for our diamonds. Ultimately, you are using it as a tool, as it was originally designed. You are taking that which is valuable, while leaving the nonsense. That's not hypocrisy. You don't have to take the poison because everyone else is, nor do you need to become a hermit to prove a point.

The future will belong to people who can regulate their own dopamine.

This is brilliant. I'm seriously considering writing it out and sellotape-ing it to the window ledge behind my desk.

(So good to read you)