Social media

How We're All Losing Our Grip on Reality

AI is taking our most destructive psychological tendencies and lighting a fire under them.

Jul 17 • S Peter Davis

Graham Platner and the Trolley Problem

The Maine Senate election is a garbage fire. We mustn't blame those who struggled with hope.

Jul 10 • S Peter Davis

Why the Right Can't Win Debates

We're not just in separate leagues--we're playing different games.

Jun 19 • S Peter Davis

I Have a Theory That Writing About Substack Makes You Go Viral on Substack

...and why you can't treat online communities like offline communities

Jun 12 • S Peter Davis

The Internet is An Ever Expanding Graveyard

It's not just websites going away, it's access to our own history

May 22 • S Peter Davis

What is Social Media to Do About Its Monsters?

Dealing with awful human beings is no longer as simple as dropping the ban hammer.

Apr 24 • S Peter Davis

Parasocial Media: How We Became a World of Influencers

You just wanted to write, but now you have to perform

Mar 20 • S Peter Davis

I Sure Hate This Annoying Pandemic of Online Age Restriction Laws

You're not a baby? Prove it. Repeatedly.

Mar 13 • S Peter Davis

Substack is at the Gambling Stage of Desperation

Big tech's political agenda is coming for you, and your wallet.

Feb 27 • S Peter Davis

Epstein Was Never the Head of the Conspiracy. The Reality is Worse. (Part 2)

It's easy, and comfortable, to pin everything on one guy. Sorry to burst the bubble.

Feb 13 • S Peter Davis

Why the Right Keeps Losing Female Influencers

This may shock you, but they have some issues with women.

Jan 30 • S Peter Davis

Substack Has Become Middlebrow Twitter (Derogatory)

All modern social media seems inevitably to meet the same fate

Jan 23 • S Peter Davis

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