Podcasts could unleash a new age of enlightenment - Really interesting piece that makes the observations that podcasts are changing how people interact, then draws some very compelling parallels with the enlightenment, which it turns out was the period where parasocial relationships emerged. It's a nice painting, I just wish I had more personal experience of the changes he speaks of, sadly though I listen to a ton of podcasts, I don't interact socially with many podcast listeners, though it's nice to hear that it's thing. www.wired.com #
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EU Strategy to lead on Web4.0 and virtual worlds - I want government institutions to be genuinely interested in our technological future, but when I read these types of documents I just start loosing interest after 3 or 4 paragraphs. I don't know exactly what it is with them. Maybe they are too full of ridiculously abstract ideas. Maybe it's because they seem to aim to rule the entire universe. Maybe it's something else. I find it difficult to be in the same frame of mind as the authors. I'm thinking in terms of APIs, tech specs, http requests, web services and what not. They are thinking in abstract soup-ese. I don't see how these views intersect in a meaningful way. How should I be evaluating them? They aren't a service provider company, or a media company, but they also aren't a religion. They are somewhere in between. I find them confusing. ec.europa.eu #
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Europe’s agenda for… not ‘the metaverse’ - This is the Politico piece that I got the previous EU commission document link from. It makes a lot more sense to me than the official document does, because the news format is well understood, we know what to expect from a media organisation. They produce a story that describes a situation. I guess I don't really understand what these government institutions produce - Also pretty sure I walked past Napoleon Bonaparte earlier, see the tweet of the day section, didn't expect to be writting that when I woke up this morning. www.politico.com #