Francesco D'Orazio
@abc3d.bsky.social
Your brain is literally hardwired to ignore data and focus on narratives.
Even the most data-driven professionals rely on narratives to make sense of information. And they're right: narratives are directional and carry complexity and nuance in a digestible format. 🧵
Even the most data-driven professionals rely on narratives to make sense of information. And they're right: narratives are directional and carry complexity and nuance in a digestible format. 🧵
March 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Your brain is literally hardwired to ignore data and focus on narratives.
Even the most data-driven professionals rely on narratives to make sense of information. And they're right: narratives are directional and carry complexity and nuance in a digestible format. 🧵
Even the most data-driven professionals rely on narratives to make sense of information. And they're right: narratives are directional and carry complexity and nuance in a digestible format. 🧵
I think we have an episode of Audiences coming up that covers exactly what we just saw 🤼
March 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I think we have an episode of Audiences coming up that covers exactly what we just saw 🤼
Who’s the Audience of the Unhinged? How has it evolved over the past few years? Where is it going next? 🤪🌀
I spoke with OK Cool Strategy Director Annie House about how unhinged became a political and cultural force and why the internet keeps swinging between hyper-polished and completely feral
I spoke with OK Cool Strategy Director Annie House about how unhinged became a political and cultural force and why the internet keeps swinging between hyper-polished and completely feral
February 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Who’s the Audience of the Unhinged? How has it evolved over the past few years? Where is it going next? 🤪🌀
I spoke with OK Cool Strategy Director Annie House about how unhinged became a political and cultural force and why the internet keeps swinging between hyper-polished and completely feral
I spoke with OK Cool Strategy Director Annie House about how unhinged became a political and cultural force and why the internet keeps swinging between hyper-polished and completely feral
China has entered the era of the "Dark Factory".
Fully automated production, no worker involved, lights off.
We’re basically back to the landscapes of the illegal raves in disused factories of the early 90s 😅
Fully automated production, no worker involved, lights off.
We’re basically back to the landscapes of the illegal raves in disused factories of the early 90s 😅
February 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
China has entered the era of the "Dark Factory".
Fully automated production, no worker involved, lights off.
We’re basically back to the landscapes of the illegal raves in disused factories of the early 90s 😅
Fully automated production, no worker involved, lights off.
We’re basically back to the landscapes of the illegal raves in disused factories of the early 90s 😅
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The fact is Lovecraft had horrendous opinions on race, and there's no 'standards of the time' Get Out Of Jail Free card for him, IMHO. But he was also a genuinely innovative writer of the Weird. Talented people can be monsters, we have to look this square in the face.
February 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The fact is Lovecraft had horrendous opinions on race, and there's no 'standards of the time' Get Out Of Jail Free card for him, IMHO. But he was also a genuinely innovative writer of the Weird. Talented people can be monsters, we have to look this square in the face.
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One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.
Just filed an article about the upcoming German elections (out on Sunday) and what strikes me is how timid much of the institutional pushback against the far-right has been. Some people have distinguished themselves but for the most part it’s just been really complacent - really disappointing.
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
Stunning work 🍄 “Soil in Action”, Wim Van Egmond at Soil x Somerset House
February 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Stunning work 🍄 “Soil in Action”, Wim Van Egmond at Soil x Somerset House
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February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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“There’s this idea that influencers are ‘genuine’ while experts are just doing their job.”
Fortune asked 15-year-old Londoner Iman Pabani her to interview her peers about why teens trust Tiktokkers.
(And they really are wildly credulous.)
fortune.com/2025/02/14/g...
Fortune asked 15-year-old Londoner Iman Pabani her to interview her peers about why teens trust Tiktokkers.
(And they really are wildly credulous.)
fortune.com/2025/02/14/g...
Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok
It’s not that Gen Z doesn’t believe in experts. Rather, it’s that social media has rewired the way they think about credibility.
fortune.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“There’s this idea that influencers are ‘genuine’ while experts are just doing their job.”
Fortune asked 15-year-old Londoner Iman Pabani her to interview her peers about why teens trust Tiktokkers.
(And they really are wildly credulous.)
fortune.com/2025/02/14/g...
Fortune asked 15-year-old Londoner Iman Pabani her to interview her peers about why teens trust Tiktokkers.
(And they really are wildly credulous.)
fortune.com/2025/02/14/g...
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Cover design of the 1946 edition of Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Volumes.
November 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Cover design of the 1946 edition of Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Volumes.
New ep: "The Audience of Horror" 🎙️🧟🎙️ We've never produced as many horror movies as today and the horror share of all movies produced is also the highest that's ever been. What's going on? Tune in to find out open.spotify.com/episode/0GE2...
The Audience of Horror - with Stephen Follows, author of the Horror Movie Report and film data analyst
The Audiences Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:06 PM
New ep: "The Audience of Horror" 🎙️🧟🎙️ We've never produced as many horror movies as today and the horror share of all movies produced is also the highest that's ever been. What's going on? Tune in to find out open.spotify.com/episode/0GE2...
My first. Although it was immediately clear it could have been a Commodore 64, and it should have become an Amiga 500 😂
Back to my roots with my first computer today, the Amstrad CPC 464
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
My first. Although it was immediately clear it could have been a Commodore 64, and it should have become an Amiga 500 😂