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  • Three Ways to Use Social Media Better (so it helps you)

    Three Ways to Use Social Media Better (so it helps you)

    “The Serendipity Machine: Notes on Using Twitter.”Some guidelines for using Twitter as a superpower – meeting people, getting questions answered, learning. It covers how difficult it is getting traction at first. How to Be Found by Your People Online (YouTube) “Transform your Instagram Feed Into a Community Bulletin Board.” Make the Instagram algorithm biased to local…

  • How a myth gets created

    History tells us that the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer threw a woman down the stairs in a fit of anger that his thinking was interrupted when she insisted on talking in the hallway outside his door. The story is used repeatedly to help us understand Schopenhauer’s character. The problem is, it’s not true. So how did…

  • How to organize YouTube for maximum sanity

    YouTube is algorithmic whirlpool, sucking you into endless low-quality videos of Minecraft YouTubers, conspiracy theories and productivity gurus that leave you scrolling. Before you know it, you’ve learned nothing except the easiest way to mine diamond ore. You’ve given away your precious life essence to advertisers and gained nothing in return. There is a much…

  • My Instagram: We all die immediately of a Brazilian butt lift

    My Instagram: We all die immediately of a Brazilian butt lift

    “When you think, ‘Social media is terrible,’ which are you thinking of most?”