[1] The Franchise Curse [2] The Varieties of Social Media Experience [3] Growing Up Metal [4] When "Prestige" TV Jumped the Shark: The Problem(s) with Pluribus [5] Genre and Illusion [6] 20 Questions About Social Media [7] Themes from Philip K. Dick [8] Why I Love...
[1] The Franchise Curse [2] The Varieties of Social Media Experience [3] Growing Up Metal [4] When "Prestige" TV Jumped the Shark: The Problem(s) with Pluribus [5] Genre and Illusion [6] 20 Questions About Social Media [7] Themes from Philip K. Dick [8] Why I Love...
Now that social media has become a full-fledged ecosystem, with its own distinctive fauna, it seems useful to offer a taxonomy of its more common denizens. The catalogue has an American inflection, but can easily be adapted so as to apply wherever you find yourself,...
Many silly ideas are born of frustration, desperation, wishful thinking or some combination of the three. One of the most enduring of these is the widespread belief that there is some authority “out there,” poised to right wrongs. The grandest -- and silliest --...
Pluribus, the latest “prestige” offering on Apple TV, is a bad show. I know that I am in the minority on this, but that’s alright. A show can be bad while also being popular with audiences and critics, as can books, movies, and any other bit of entertainment, and I am...