In this article, I link personalized ads to the fundamental downfall or hollowing out of democracy. By putting up a different mask to each voter, a politician can amass enough votes to be elected. After the election, the same politician can deny any individual accusation of breaking any promise. I go back to first principles …
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The Social Media Mirage: Debunking the Town Square Analogy
Social media company executives frequently compare their platforms to a «town square», with notable examples including Elon Musk discussing Twitter/X, Steve Huffman of Reddit, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. However, this analogy is deeply flawed. A genuine implementation of this concept would result in a social media platform that bears little resemblance to what we …
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Easy Carbon Compensation
I created a new tiny website with the hope to extend human habitability on earth a tiny bit more. Use it in your social networks to encourage friends to at least compensate their flight carbon footprint. Hier findest Du die deutsche Version dieses Beitrags.
Selling out Your Life
I just discovered Shoshana Zuboff’s news. I am more unsettled than ever, and I feel obliged to tell you about it. Announcement: I created a summary page to keep track of what is going on with this topic at «surveillance and privacy». Her book «The age of surveillance capitalism» asserts that the internet has ushered …
The vicious cycle of lying
It is more obvious than ever: there seems to exist a benefit to lying in politics. Looking at the current midterm rallies of US president Donald Trump, it looks like there is an actual strategy of lying as a means to more votes and more voter turnout. Here is one random example of an article …
Grammar and Spell Checking on shrib.com with Grammarly
shrib.com has a vast user base across the world. These are people who value text, quality, and reliability above anything else. That’s why I am so excited to announce today that we partnered with Grammarly. We are bringing the best grammar and spell checking to everyone using shrib.com.
«Century Of The Self» – A Documentary On The Roots Of Mass Psychology
I discovered the documentary «Century Of The Self» a few years ago. It is scary, fascinating, and thought-provoking. And above all, it solved a lot of my big questions about life all at once. I come back to it over and over since. The documentary describes the origins of today’s consumerist, «bigger, stronger, faster», growth-only, …
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A Secure Online Notepad
I just launched secure.shrib.com, a new iteration of the secure alternative to shrib.com. shrib.com is used by millions of people around the world. The following is an invitation behind the scenes.
As We Become Fathers (Updated)
Are you soon going to become a father? Is your husband or boyfriend soon going to be a father? Many friends of mine become fathers these days. I am one with two daughters. They are 3 years and 7 months old. My memories of the time before I was a father are still fresh. Yet …
shrib.com Video Tutorial: Using Bookmarklets
The second screencast video tutorial for shrib.com demonstrates bookmarklets: