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AI, Content Addiction, and Wank Machines

Lost In The Algorithms: Daily Oddysey # 14

George Kalantzis
3 min readJan 19, 2024

Where screens outnumber sunsets, I refuse to let the pixelated world dominate. I’m not anti-technology, but there’s something undeniably potent about words.

They have a magic that no high-definition video can capture.

Video might be the king of content these days.

But words are the timeless rulers of expression.

Given a choice, I’d happily sequester myself in a library corner, though, let’s be honest, not all books are gems. With the ease of content creation today, a tidal wave of literary garbage is flooding our doorsteps daily.

But that’s a rant for another day.

Let’s delve into our collective addiction to content and the AI craze.

This promised land of effortless creativity is really just another shiny lure keeping our eyes glued and thumbs busy. Now, cell phones and tablets have morphed into high-tech distractions and glorified wank machines.

It's harsh but true.

Dopamine isn’t just doling out pleasure. It’s the puppeteer of anticipation.

The driver of our digital cravings… the algorithms.

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George Kalantzis
George Kalantzis

Written by George Kalantzis

George is a professional storyteller, a dad to a sassy and adventurous eight year-old girl, and the author Of Nowhere To Go

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