|
The Off-Topic Lounge APPROPRIATE FAMILY-FRIENDLY TOPICS ONLY - READ THE RULES! This forum is for posting anything (excluding topics prohibited by the forum rules) that's unrelated to email. General discussions, in other words. |
|
Thread Tools |
17 Sep 2021, 09:54 AM | #1 |
Essential Contributor
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 479
|
The unknown internet guru
Cassandra of the Internet Age
The internet rewired our brains. He predicted it would. By Charlie Warzel Michael Goldhaber is the internet prophet you’ve never heard of. Here’s a short list of things he saw coming: the complete dominance of the internet, increased shamelessness in politics, terrorists co-opting social media, the rise of reality television, personal websites, oversharing, personal essay, fandoms and online influencer culture — along with the near destruction of our ability to focus. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/o...-internet.html https://richardhughes.ca/i-talked-to...-internet-age/ |
18 Sep 2021, 12:48 AM | #2 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: EU
Posts: 4,944
|
The first article (in NY Times) is behind a paywall.
|
18 Sep 2021, 10:59 AM | #3 |
Essential Contributor
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 479
|
That's why I provided an alternative link.
|