[FRIAM] Spreadsheet Selves

[Nicholas Thompson]

You mean its OK for me to watch kitten and puppy videos?

or this?  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOhHDAWjyVK/

Perhaps you have saved me from my Self.

Nick


On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com> wrote:

> """
> The kids aren’t on Wikipedia. They’re not making Ratatouille crossovers
> nor discussing liberation theology.5
> <https://www.the-hinternet.com/p/spreadsheet-selves#footnote-5-178163288> They’re
> watching an AI-generated catgirl do a Fortnite dance, and then they’re
> watching a pixelated fish rotate to the sound of trending audio, then
> they’re watching Peter Griffin explain the thought of Julius Evola
> """
>
> I don't know if there is a should or shouldn't to all of this, but I
> *love* the new internet. It's like there is finally a quiet place to
> absorb, reflect and find peace. An opportunity to turn down the noise of
> humans and their constant propagandizing, persuasion/syllogism oriented
> commentaries.
>
> More please.
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-- 
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology
Clark University
nthompson at clarku.edu
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson
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