Tag: sociology
Social Media and Anti-Social Pluralism
Communities are different online and off, and pluralism that thrives in the real world can turn toxic in the digital world.
Luminate Confirms Major Shift From Passive Access to Intentional Engagement
Key Insights from the 2026 Mid-Year Music Report
Transitioning to a Sacred Culture
I've been fascinated with the transition from a Profane culture to a Sacred one for a long time. In 2008 (senior year in college), my final project for the course Religion in Culture was a video essay on the mashup artist Girl Talk. I analyzed his live shows through the lens of sociologists like Emile Durkheim and Victor Turner, and the concepts of Collective Effervescence and Communitas.
Building an Organizational Collective Consciousness
This reads to me as the building of an organizational collective consciousness. The AI world model + intelligence layer reduces unnecessary friction that allows humans to focus on human things. This effectively collapses the hierarchy into 3 roles: owners, doers, and coaches. Jack gives historical examples of armies and organizations in industrial times. These are examples of efficiency and control in large, worldly systems.
Greenlandia
What does popular culture look like when you’re in the Arctic, thousands of miles away from any major population centers? Let’s talk about Greenland and pop culture.
Diaspora: Not Just A Forgotten Social Network
When a culture permanently shifts to a new home, a diaspora spreads—and sometimes it creates a fascinating cultural pocket of its own.