padlet for the Interview by Xichen Cai

How the Pandemic Has Made It Worse

xc388 — 2024-03-21 16:17:45 UTC

The pandemic forced people all online and doesn't have the opportunities to have face-to-face interactions with other people.

Jia Tolentino's View of Internet

xc388 — 2024-03-21 16:18:12 UTC

-Mostly Negative

-A Few Positive

Fun and Cool About Internet

xc388 — 2024-03-21 16:19:03 UTC

It gives people a sense of discovery and surprise.

Civic Action on the Internet

xc388 — 2024-03-21 16:19:11 UTC

Internet makes people think civic action is easy, for example you can just post your opinion or comment to take political action. however, is it effective?

The Bad Side of Internet

xc388 — 2024-03-23 19:03:07 UTC

Social media makes people perform themselves all the time. Making people's brains desire new information every second.

Internet Effect on Value

xc388 — 2024-03-23 19:03:58 UTC

Internet encourages people to overvalue their opinions ("the internet is necessarily structured to value the representation of something over the thing itself")

Being Right is Not Enough

xc388 — 2024-03-23 23:02:10 UTC

The Internet makes people think easily about being right because people can always find good ideas from people thinking the same, which makes people don't want to persuade others and makes democracy difficult.