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Was social media ever really social?

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  Was social media ever really social? How our “connected” platforms quietly rewired what it means to be together Big Picture Box Social media promised connection at scale — friendships across distance, communities without borders, conversation at the speed of light. Yet the average user now spends  around 2 hours and 20 minutes a day  on these platforms, making social feeds one of the biggest slices of our online lives. That raises a harder question:  was social media ever really social, or was it always something else dressed up as connection?  In this piece, we’ll look at how  social media  started as digital community spaces, how platforms optimized for attention over relationship, and what “being social” actually means when algorithms sit in the middle. We’ll also touch on data showing the rise of private messaging and slower, niche communities that hint at a different way to be online. What do we mean by “social” in the first place? At its core, ...
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How Is AI Actually Reshaping the Internet Right Now (Feb 2026)?

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  How Is AI Actually Reshaping the Internet Right Now (Feb 2026)? From “AI slop” to AI search: what the new web really looks like. Big Picture AI’s impact on the internet in 2026 goes far beyond chatbots. It’s changing what web pages are made of, how people discover information, and who controls traffic and trust online. AI-generated and AI-assisted content now accounts for a huge share of what we see, while AI assistants increasingly sit between users and the open web. The internet has shifted from a mostly human-written library of pages to a conversational layer powered—and sometimes polluted—by AI. To stay visible and credible, you need to see that shift clearly and decide where you still create uniquely human value. Framing the Question AI in 2026 isn’t just a feature on a few sites; it’s in the plumbing of the web. It shapes what gets published, what gets surfaced, and what gets believed. Synthetic content is everywhere, assistants mediate more journeys, and regulators are sta...
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What kinds of decisions get worse before you notice you’re sleep-deprived?

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What kinds of decisions get worse before you notice you’re sleep-deprived? Why “I’m fine, just a bit tired” is quietly steering your choices off-course. Big picture framing Before you realize you’re sleep-deprived, the first thing to slip isn’t your IQ—it’s your judgment.  Sleep-deprived decisions  tend to degrade in subtle domains: how you read people, weigh risks, and prioritize your time. You still  feel  more or less normal, which makes these shifts easy to miss and hard to correct. This post breaks down the early, invisible decision costs of lost sleep—plus what research suggests, why people differ, and how to build safeguards—so you can spot problems sooner and avoid “how did I think that was a good idea?” moments. The invisible cost of being “just a little tired” Most people imagine sleep loss shows up as obvious mistakes: nodding off in meetings, forgetting basic facts, making glaring errors. In reality,  the earliest damage is to decisions that rely on ...
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Why Are We So Confident in Memories That Are Quietly Wrong?

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Why Are We So Confident in Memories That Are Quietly Wrong? How your brain turns fuzzy footage into a high-definition story Framing the Question (and how to use this post) We trust our memories the way we trust a favorite old sweater: a little worn, maybe, but basically reliable. Yet psychology shows that many “crystal clear” memories are partly—sometimes totally—wrong, even as our confidence soars. In this post, we’ll unpack  why we feel so sure  about memories that quietly drift from reality. We’ll look at how memory actually works (more like Wikipedia than a hard drive), why emotion and repetition boost confidence but not accuracy, and what this means for conversations, leadership, and decision-making. By the end, you’ll understand how to question your own “I’m sure of it” moments without becoming cynical or paranoid. How Memory  Actually  Works (Spoiler: It’s a Story Engine) We imagine memory as a video archive: hit “play,” and you get a replay of what happened. ...
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