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Today's reading: on everyday food and drink, via vol. 1 of Braudel's Civilisation and Capitalism. The text got into the consumption of staples like dairy, eggs and fats, the respective arcs of water, beer, wine and other alcohols, and the rise of tea, coffee, chocolate and tobacco.
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paper

Braudel cited some European diarist who lamented how alcohol and tobacco had degraded first brain capacities like memory and wit. It made me think of TikTok, which increasingly feels like a first brain killer.

Braudel cited some European diarist who lamented how alcohol and tobacco had degraded first brain capacities like memory and wit. It made me think of TikTok, which increasingly feels like a first brain killer.
https://warpcast.com/msms/0x8fcb20d8

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we know about dorothy parker & the many other very witty drinkers, yes?

tiktok is only as rot as you let it be. train the algo, don't let it train you. nuke & adjust.

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i mean, they all are, ya? that's the state of things, so reverse engineering is essential 24/7

Didn’t say I agreed with the diarist ;)

Hmm, TikTok just feels too potently engineered to allow for end user algo steering though.