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From stay-at-home buddies and existential foodies to silent videos and corn CEO, being online this year meant equal parts immersion and respite from existential fear.

From stay-at-home buddies and existential foodies to silent videos and corn CEO, being online this year meant equal parts immersion and respite from existential fear.

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This year, it looks like the revolving door of internet trends is coming and going faster than Julia Fox could say “Uncuht Jamz” – each with a shorter lifespan than the Miu Miu mini skirt that took over our streams and us convinced everyone that this low-rise piece of khaki was enough to disguise the …

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‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of technology’s existential threat to humanity

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JAron Lanier, the eminent American computer scientist, composer and artist, is no stranger to skepticism around social media, but his current interpretations of its effects are getting darker and his warnings more incisive. Lanier, a dreadlocked freethinker credited with coining the term “virtual reality,” has long sounded dire sirens about the dangers of a world …

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