Heavy Traffic in Montague

I’ve been part of social media for as long as the term has existed. Before Twitter, I was building something similar for researchers to talk to each other while I worked at the now-defunct Creativity Lab. I’ve been writing here for many years, and this blog, like so much of what I’ve written elsewhere, is mostly written to an empty auditorium. I once had a photography blog with a large following, and a couple of other projects did well too. I have no idea why I feel this need to share inane sentences and thoughts with the world. There seem to be fewer places to do it, not more. And forget discussion. I don’t think I’ve seen a real discussion on any topic online since I used telnet.I’m supposed to be putting “content” on Instagram, to signal that the business is alive and for some vague goal of promotion that has never shown any evidence of working. Instagram used to be nice: beautiful photographs and a peek into people’s lives. It’s a different form of entertainment now. During one…

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