We Love the Internet 2023/18: The Social media is doomed to die edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Social media is doomed to die
• Drake’s AI clone is here — and Drake might not be able to stop him
• Chasing rainbows
• Why are TV writers so miserable?

Reference points:

• A Very Gentle Introduction to Large Language Models without the Hype
• A Map of Places in the US with the Same Name
• AI art freaks me out. So I tried to make some.
• Another post on posters

Longer reads:

• The News Went Viral
• Is Substack Notes a ‘Twitter clone’? We asked CEO Chris Best
• Honey, I sold the kids
• Unraveling the Greatest Writers’ Room Story Ever

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Five graphs that changed the world
• Why Music Festivals Sound Better Than Ever
• The fall of shortform content..

Things to look at/read:

• In Search Of Wikipedia’s Shrug Guy
• The High-Tech Hollywood Smile: How 3D Scanners and Artificial Intelligence Are Perfecting Teeth

Animal corner:

• Really had no idea
• Don’t worry he went to the vets and hes fine
• All frenchies are the same
• Always has to ask permission

Tweets of the week:

• Today is the tenth anniversary of me opening up Football Manager 2013 and starting a new game with Dynamo Dresden.
• Frank Lampard’s record looks like a seating plan on Trainline
• This is the greatest mathematician story ever told
• and i often think about how lindsay lohan served so much in a paparazzi picture they used that pic for the movie poster of Just My Luck
• a train journey with each parent, a week apart. very different experiences and energies.
• HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The King in the Endgame
• I Really Didn’t Want to Go
• “Opportunity Is Always Out There” With Simon Mann

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