Joshua Anderson

Epistemic Status: Thinking out loud. This is a time full of the best sort of uncertainty. Reality is a lot more of a general mish-mash than it is a meaningful set of divided concepts. There are places where the lines between realities blur, and then thinly dissolve. Changing roles is

After the massive success of TikTok, other social media apps copied it at a comical speed (Youtube Shorts, Insta Reels, Snap... etc.). This sort of behavior is natural in an environment like the current social media landscape, where competitive pressures make tech giants prioritize attention above human wellbeing. Moloch Yet

What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks! Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch!