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Picking up novels from Tube station bookshelves has opened my eyes to the randomness and serendipity technology aims to rid…
ByFind here all of the New Statesman’s comment and analysis about social media and the digital age.
Picking up novels from Tube station bookshelves has opened my eyes to the randomness and serendipity technology aims to rid…
ByPop therapy promises solutions to problems that might not even exist.
ByX is threatening to sue an anti-hate group – the consequences could be catastrophic.
ByThe art of writing our inner lives is being lost.
ByCentrists can no longer claim to be rational actors.
ByIs compulsively doom-scrolling and checking the news the cause of our anxiety or a symptom of it?
ByOur critical culture is grossly overinflated with positive and promotional content. But popular is not always best.
ByLiberal societies need to rediscover humour.
ByElon Musk tried to rebrand a company “X” before – and lost his job.
ByThe internet was once seen as a tool to promote empathy – so how did it come to amplify division…
ByFight a culture war too long, and you can no longer see when you’ve gone round the bend.
ByJaime Rogozinski thinks the forum behind the Gamestop phenomenon is still the most disruptive force in finance.
ByThe launch of Twitter rivals should feel exciting – but it no longer does.
ByWith Meta’s Twitter rival Threads comes yet another online profile to maintain. Exhaustion will ensue.
ByThe tech sector needs guidance, not laissez-faire governance.
ByInfluencers have always been brand megaphones and PR tools.
ByIn 2021 she shone a light on misinformation and online harm. Now she’s “extremely worried” about Big Tech’s impact on…
ByA new breed of British influencer is rewriting the rules of celebrity.
ByAlso this week: nourishing our children and the social media con.
ByElon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s cage fight is a neo-feudal nightmare.
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