We Love the Internet 2023/21: The Brief history of the concept album edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• How Mark Zuckerberg Led the Tech Industry Into a Metaverse Wasteland
• Andreessen Horowitz saw the future — but did the future leave it behind?
• TikTok’s viral movie clips are changing how I watch films
• It’s Time to Embrace the Era of Mid Entertainment

Reference points:

• Who Got Most Spectacularly Canceled Online?
• The 40 Best TV Finales of the 21st Century, Ranked

Longer reads:

• Can we still handle the truth? Journalism, ‘alternative facts’ and the rise of AI
• On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world
• Will A.I become the new McKinsey?
• The fall of Vice: private equity’s ill-fated bet on media’s future

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• A Brief History of the Concept Album
• So, I’ve got cancer
• GenZSpan

Things to look at/read:

• Generation Connie
• The Cat Who Could Kill Horses
• Bad Manors

Animal corner:

• art
• He’s a duck of many talents
• Iconic

Tweets of the week:

• SUCCESSION art department, I want you to know that I 100% paused and enjoyed the hard work you put in that appeared onscreen for like two seconds
• Rafa Benitez accidentally tweeting then deleting “Howdy the lads!” is sending me west.
• This recipe is a bit aggressive.
• Saruman about 90 minutes into The Two Towers:
• its crazy how you don’t even gotta speak german to understand what he said in this tweet
• How is this image not AI generated

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• Russia Has a Vodka Addiction. So Does Vladimir Putin — But Not the Same Way.

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