Taylor Lorenz on Online Culture, Phone Bans, AI Aesthetics | MTS Live
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Hosts thank Taylor Lorenz, close the episode and encourage new media experimentation.
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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