Taylor Lorenz joins MTS to discuss what makes new media experiments work, why she opposes school phone bans, and how AI-generated aesthetics and streamer culture are producing the internet's next wave of IP.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:31) Monitoring the Situation and Experimenting in the New Media Space
(02:31) Advice for Live Shows and the Power of On-Air Debates
(07:15) Moving Beyond Media Resentment and Proactive Content Creation
(08:32) The Rise of Synchronized Human Experiences and Synchronized Streaming
(12:36) The UK Phone Ban and Smarter Technical Engagement in Schools
(15:12) The Death of Techno Optimism on the Political Left
(23:35) AI Generated IP and the Cambrian Explosion of Short Form Content
(29:59) Optimization Culture and the Body as the Final Asset Class
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