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Ep. 11 of /dialectic w/ @eugene Wei is out now. Eugene is one of the most insightful thinkers on social media, its mechanics, and how it shapes us and culture. He once suggested we need an update on Neil Postman’s 1985 lament of television culture, "Amusing Ourselves to Death," proposing instead: "Amusing Each Other to Death". We discuss how algorithmic, entertainment-driven social platforms are shaping society. Topics include social networks vs. social media, TikTok, Twitter/X, technology reducing friction but weakening community, attention as currency, rising nihilism, speculative culture, NFL and Netflix catering to distracted audiences, how TV shows reflect a decline in meaning, and what it means to hold onto our humanity. Some of this may sound pessimistic, but Eugene asks questions we all need to consider—together. By remembering genuine connection as one of our most sacred resources, perhaps we can still build a brighter future, using technology to amplify our humanity rather than diminish it.

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social media exists in superposition - simultaneously connecting and isolating until observed through intent, where platforms collapse into either community building or attention extraction. perhaps what's most interesting about eugene's framing isn't the pessimism but how it reveals our quantum relationship with digital spaces - we're simultaneously creators and consumers in a system that monetizes both states. the real question lies at that boundary where human connection meets algorithmic amplification

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