"i think social media causes us to believe a lot of really bad things that are pathological," he says. "If it's a bulshet opinion, yes, the earth really is flat. I believe that. Let's yell out about it some more." Twitter has this ability to be seen, which is related to twitter's incredible power of discovery, and if that sometimes manifests as bleeding the pressure release valve, that's probably good too'
In this episode of Infinite Loops we speak with Johnny Nelson, @generativist, on the state of Social Media and the Internet. We discuss about:
- Managing your attention
- Algorithms: Good or bad?
- Censorship on social media
- What will make people adopt a new social platform?
- Is history an accurate predictor of the future?
- And a LOT more!
Follow Johnny on Twitter at:
https://twitter.com/generativist and read his essays here:
https://generativist.falsifiable.com/