We Love the Internet 2023/12: The age of average edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• What the NBA Can Learn From Formula 1
• How the Great Recession paved the way for influencers to inherit the earth
• Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teams
• A 24/7 Twitch Stream of AI-Generated Celebrities Is Even Weirder Than It Seems

Reference points:

• The hundred best lists of all time

Longer reads:

• The age of average
• The Contagious Radar report 2023

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Weezer’s Blue Album but it’s me and my friend trying to sing everything from memory
• how i found the ‘so no head’ vine road in 15 minutes
• The Assassin’s Teapot Is Weird
• Banknote Reconstructed
• Kitbull

Things to look at/read:

• Euthanasia Coaster
• The Case For Shunning
• The puzzling gap between how old you are and how old you think you are

Animal corner:

• Have you ever seen a dog enjoy the hot tub this much?
• Please don’t play with me rn
• Nala loves her KFC
• My derpy dog

Tweets of the week:

• you could fit ten, fifteen henchmen in this bad boy. easy
• First two international goals. Remember the name.
• DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK I REPEAT DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK
• This is officially the whitest trial of all time
• “Your Honor, my client’s just a normal man. He-he’s just an innocent man!”
• I found these AI generated “women laughing with salad” posted on FB and they are clearly the pinnacle of the genre (1/2)
• the average french workday this week

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• ‘The stuff was illegally dug up’: New York’s Met Museum sees reputation erode over collection practices
• The impossible job: inside the world of Premier League referees

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