A growing movement of "screenmaxxers" proudly maximize phone usage, rejecting digital detox culture with unconventional arguments about connectivity.

https://lifebriefly.news/meet-the-people-who-think-your-screen-time-is-their-flex

#screentime #digitalculture #screenmaxxers

Constant input leaves no room for thought.
Silence creates that room: https://www.martinkubler.com/decentralisation-silence-fediverse/

#Silence #Thinking #DigitalCulture #Mindfulness

Decentralisation, Silence, and the Fediverse

Towards autumn last year, I found myself rediscovering Quakerism. Perhaps that sounds slightly odd, because it’s not something I ever fully “lost”, but like ...

The In-Between Space

📚✨ Le biblioteche non sono affatto un ricordo del passato… ma il futuro della cultura!

Scopri la storia, le curiosità e come stanno cambiando nell’era digitale nell’articolo dedicato alla #NationalLibraryDay 📖🌍

👉 Tra tradizione, innovazione e un pizzico di ironia, le biblioteche tornano protagoniste!

#Biblioteche #Cultura #Libri #Lettura #BookLovers #Bibliopride #Libraries #DigitalCulture #Reading #PerfettamenteChic

http://perfettamentechic.com/2026/04/18/giornata-delle-biblioteche/

Giornata delle Biblioteche

📚Library Day: il giorno in cui i libri tornano a farsi sentire

Perfettamente Chic

Great article about one of my philosophical heroes, Michel Foucault — still incredibly relevant in a world saturated with social media.

Something I’ve only just realised: one of the core ideas I’ve carried for years is really a paraphrasing of his work on power and knowledge (via Hilary Lawson):

“Science is not powerful because it is true — it is true because it is powerful.”

https://theconversation.com/40-years-after-his-death-michel-foucaults-philosophy-still-speaks-to-a-world-saturated-with-social-media-232589?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

#philosophy #Foucault #criticaltheory #socialmedia #powerandknowledge #digitalculture #criticalthinking

40 years after his death Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media

Knowledge, for Foucault, is not just what we know. It is who we are. It defines our options, not just intellectually, but in all respects.

The Conversation
Slop Cop

On Simulation and Foresight in Machines

Dr. Alan Winfield describes how robots can evaluate actions internally before committing to them. This anticipatory approach is practical, but also raises questions about how machines learn.

The full episode considers learning through error, imitation, and iteration, and its parallels with human culture and creativity.

Full episode here: https://youtu.be/zmetn7sSMn4

#Robotics #AI #MachineLearning #Technology #DigitalCulture

Is AI the Antichrist—or does that question reveal more about human fear than about technology itself?

Geoffrey Bott’s blog explores how our reactions to AI expose deeper beliefs, anxieties, and cultural assumptions in an age of rapid change. Instead of focusing on what AI is, it asks why we interpret it in such extreme ways.

Read here: https://solihullpublishing.com/blog/f/is-ai-the-antichrist-what-the-question-really-reveals-about-us

#AI #Philosophy #Technology #Ethics #Future #CriticalThinking #DigitalCulture

Carl Jung saw what happens when individuals disappear into the crowd. What he couldn’t see was how easily that crowd could be engineered.

Today, it fits in your pocket.

This is about digital mobs, responsibility, and the erosion of individual conscience.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/crowds-without-conscience-jung-digital-crowds?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Psychology
#CarlJung
#DigitalCulture
#SocialMedia
#Ethics
#Society
#CollectiveBehavior
#MediaLiteracy
#Algorithm
#CriticalThinking