Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
The Three Trends (according to the article):<p>1. Medium: text -> images -> video -> 3D graphics -> VR<p>2. AI: time -> rank -> recommend -> generate<p>3. UI: click -> scroll -> tap -> swipe -> autoplay<p>By this definition, the end of the line is a totally passive consumption of endorphin-inducing pablum that blots out the real world. (I may be exaggerating a touch.) It might stop short of a wire into the pleasure centers of the brain... but not by much.<p>Makes me wonder if there's a market for the equivalent of health food where we go back to social media and deliberately avoid "recommendation media" (which may be the most important two words in the entire post).