Category: Logic Dump
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A Minecraft Movie’s Genocidal Worship of Individual Accomplishment
A few months back, I started a reflection on A Minecraft Movie where I actually applauded many aspects of the film and felt the filmmakers demonstrate a sincere appreciation of the creativity and hard-work of the people involved in making it. My only bit of negative criticism was that I didn’t feel the characters really…
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Why Villains Are Not Secretly Heroes in Disguise
originally posted to Tumblr (with some regrettable AI slop) Note: Spoilers for Fight Club. If you like anti-heroes, or even villains, to the point that you argue online or at parties that they’re “Correct, actually, and you should rewatch the film or reread the book with that in mind,” there’s something you need to hear…
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AI is the New Snake Oil
AI cares more about confidence than accuracy, which explains why it’s being sold by tech grifters with more panache than sense.
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Yes, TikTok is Bad. But It Shouldn’t Be Banned
TikTok, like all social media, has serious problems. But banning it doesn’t solve those problems and gives those other platforms a free pass.
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Hate Speech in Online Communities
Last week, we examined how hate speech can be used as a way to intimidate and upset opponents. We looked at Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg’s use of the n-word as an example of how, even though he was playing a competitive video game, he wasn’t using it this way. It’s important to look at the reasons…
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How Hate Speech & Video Games Created the Alt-Right
In 2005, Steve Bannon got Goldman Sachs to invest $60 million in a World of Warcraft Chinese gold farming company. 1 Bannon eventually took control of the gold farming company, Internet Gaming Entertainment. Even though IGE flopped, Bannon said that these gamers were the pre-cursor to the alt-right. “These guys, these rootless white males, had monster power… It was…