It was the best of apps, it was the worst of apps, it was the age of TikTok wisdom, it was the age of Instagram foolishness. In our brave new world of infinite scroll and dopamine dispensaries, a peculiar hierarchy has emerged—one where cultural relevance operates on a strict temporal caste system, and your choice […]
In a stunning plot twist that absolutely no one at the Department of Justice saw coming, forcing Google to sell parts of its monopolistic ad technology business might accidentally create an opportunity for – gasp – Chinese buyers. As of Tuesday, federal antitrust enforcers have officially requested that Google divest its AdX exchange and publisher […]
Warning: This article may contain traces of truth. Consume at your own risk! In the digital attention economy, content isn’t just dethroned—it’s been publicly executed, with its head on a pike outside the castle walls as a warning to others. While American tech companies were busy following Bill Gates‘ 1996 playbook that “Content is King,” […]
In the annals of warfare, few strategies have proven as effective as the Trojan Horse.1 The Greeks didn’t need to defeat Troy’s armies—they just needed the Trojans to voluntarily wheel their destruction through their own gates. Fast forward three millennia, and China has seemingly perfected the digital equivalent: convincing 170 million Americans to enthusiastically install […]
