Halgorithm Syllabus
I’ve curated a selection of pieces previously featured on Halgorithm, arranged by topic. Browse below if you’ve missed some newsletters along the way—or if you’re a new subscriber looking for a sense of what I share here.
What social media does to/for us
Always On by L.M. Sacasas, Real Life
How Facebook Deforms Us by L.M. Sacasas, The New Atlantis
YouVersion Bible Lens App: Mediating the Bible through Your Life by Alan Noble, Christ and Pop Culture
How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump by Zeynep Tufekci, MIT Technology Review
Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate by Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic
The soothing dullness of social media by B.D. McClay, The Week
Instagrammable aesthetics
Welcome to Hotel Millennial, by Daisy Alioto, The Outline
Infinity Jest, by Daisy Alioto, The Outline
Whose facade is it, anyway? by Alexandra Marvar, Curbed
The Instagram Aesthetic Is Over by Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic
Bubble-Gum Happiness by Hal Koss, The Weekly Standard
The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ by Amanda Hess, The New York Times
Log off, delete your account
Time to Log Off by Ian Marcus Corbin, The New Atlantis
What It Takes to Put Your Phone Away by Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
Quiet Down by Maddie Crum, The Baffler
I Want to Log Off by Steve Rousseau, Digg
The Tech Backlash We Really Need by L.M. Sacasas, The New Atlantis
AI, algorithms, and privacy
Alexa, Should We Trust You? by Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic
Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy? by Louis Menand, The New Yorker
Seeing and Being Seen by Russell C. Bogue, The Hedgehog Review
Fixing Our Privacy Settings by Chris Ridgeway, Christianity Today
Streambait Pop by Liz Pelly, The Baffler
How Facial Recognition Could Tear Us Apart by Jon Christian, Medium
Making it work
Taming the Demon by Jonathan Malesic, Commonweal
When Work and Meaning Part Ways by Jonathan Malesic, The Hedgehog Review
Is Your Job Lynchian, or Is It More Kafkaesque? by Rachel Paige King, Longreads
Workism Is Making Americans Miserable by Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Peterson, Buzzfeed News
Modern life is weird
The Hedonic Blitzkrieg by Elizabeth and Matthew Bruenig, The Bruenigs
The Constant Consumer by Drew Austin, Real Life
Everything Is for Sale Now. Even Us. by Ruth Whippman, The New York Times
Tell Me It’s Going to Be OK by Miya Tokumitsu, The Baffler
The Inner Life of a Sinking Ship by Greg Jackson, The Hedgehog Review
He Asked Permission to Touch, but Not to Ghost by Courtney Sender, The New York Times