Wonderful media history of ghosting by Torbjörn Rolandsson & Sadie Couture in recent issue of *Social Media + Society.* Examines media avoidance practices and disconnection through history of Victorian calling culture and answering machines:
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If only hip-hop artists could have made this argument about sampling.. surely government & industry woulf have been like “but of course”
@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
“The brain and a machine-learning model are only superficially analogous in their structure & function. In terms of what’s happening at the physical level, there’s a gulf of difference that we have every reason to think makes a difference.” “There’s no real kinship at all.”
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