Exploring the shift from socially shared content to algorithmically driven virality on platforms like TikTok, raising questions about the homogenization of viral experiences. Reflecting on past internet sensations like the 'dress photo' and contemplating the changing landscape of internet culture towards more complex and less light-hearted viral moments.
Remember when the only thing anybody could talk about was white and gold versus blue and black? NatGeo’s Brian Resnick does. And the Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel explains why there might never be another The Dress.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.
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