Mon. 11/07 - The Uncertain Future of Social Media, Our Phones, & Us

On TikTok, Twitter, and more broadly how social media has changed us, how we might finally be approaching a tipping point in how we use it, and the ways in which our devices play just as large a role as the algorithms. Sponsors: I Am Bio, Subscribe at bio.org/podcast Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off at uncommongoods.com/cool Links: The Machine Stops (New Yorker) TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t Its Algorithm—It’s Your Phone (Wired) Elon Musk is more Funko Pop than man (Garbage Day) The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok (Vlogbrothers, YouTube) Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen Techmeme Ride Home  The Real Sleeping Sickness That Inspired Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' (Collider) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices