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in GEN

Did the Internet Break Democracy?

No, and Jonathan Haidt’s big new Atlantic essay about social media’s damaging effects couldn’t be more wrong about what ails us

… Or You Could Just Listen The First Time

Joe Rogan and Substack are under fire for COVID denial. Why wasn’t very public bigotry enough?

Xennials? Oregon Trail? Geriatric Millennials? A Microgeneration’s Obsession With Being Identified

The writer who coined ‘Xennial’ on the attempts to describe this unique cohort

The Racist Roots of Parler’s Weirdly French Name

From par-lay to par-lor, it’s deeply symbolic that right-wing extremists have found refuge in the app

Date Night at the Virtual Museum

With thousands of miles separating them, one couple turned to the internet to go on virtual dates of museum exhibitions

I Have Watched Coronavirus Porn and It Involves Lots of Purell

A quick and dirty survey of pandemic porn

Coronavirus Is Making Me Believe in the Power of the Internet Again

Online resources provide a much better tool for understanding COVID-19 than broadcast news

It’s Time to Admit That the Internet Is Bad for Us

Television was supposed to be the ultimate idiot box. Then came the internet.

How to Fix the Internet With a Single Regulation

Algorithms have led to filter bubbles and fueled polarization. It’s time to bring back the tech for a shared reality.

The Decade the Internet Lost Its Joy

What began as cheerful anarchy was devoured by vulture capital and ruthless consolidation

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