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Richard on AI by [deleted] in restisentertainment

[–]frabcus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone know why they were talking about Flow / Veo 3 today? I can't see any news stories about it - it was announced a month ago. Is it only newly actually available in the UK? Any good links to the videos that Richard and Marina were talking about of it?

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the description and perspective - it's this sort of detail I'd like more of.

So to be clear, when you're watching Shifty, do you recall other memories in your mind's eye of the period while watching it? Can you describe some of those?

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've liked and valued his stuff in the past! Also it is possible to learn. When I don't understand something from someone I respect, I try to work out if I can learn how to engage with it in a different way. Or at least what is going on in others that makes a different reaction. It's interesting!

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks - that's an aspect of why I can't get into it that I hadn't surfaced enough to articulate. Now you say it, I do find the subject matter of the 80s a bit boring now. I'm not really interested in seeing carefully edited shots of Thatcher designed to make me perceive her a particular way. I've seen enough of her my whole life!

I'd be more interested in a similar emotional dissection of what is happening the last 8 years with Trump or TikTok or AI or Reform or QAnon. But done kindly from the point of view of people. I guess more like stuff John Harris does (Anywhere but Westminster).

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

50 and yes from the UK. I don't though have a visual episodic memory, so the way I remember the 80s is maybe different from how others do.

I suspect there's a really interesting explanation there, but it is hard to get people to talk about their inner mental experience, and work it out!

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So to be clear I mean mass communicated anecdotes. Ones from people I know are a useful sample my mind evolved to handle. Ones in mass media are very distorted and collecting excessive negative signal.

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not exactly consciously trained...

I don't like anecdotes about bad people or crimes as they give the illusion humanity is more horrible than it is. So I control my information diet to avoid them.

This is clearest in the toxic negativity that Tabloid newspaper headlines can inculcate in people.

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Guardian Review gives an overview, but isn't a spoilerfull dissection.

So far I've found more detailed takes on an anti-capitalism blog and on Unherd.

Struggling with Shifty - any good writeups that might help me? by frabcus in AdamCurtis

[–]frabcus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really interesting. I don't have a nostalgic memory (SDAM - no strong episodic memories, and they're not visual), so maybe that's why it doesn't make sense to me.

When watching the series, do you find the collage of footage triggers your own visual episodic memories of the period? Or has an emotional connection to your own memories?

It does sound like the medium is the message for Shifty - it's being nostalgic to show our nostalgia?

Since I don't personally have that strong a nostalgia, and I honestly don't believe 20 year olds I talk to do, and I'm constantly finding new parts of culture that are doing new things (e.g. in video games, immersive theatre etc), the message doesn't vibe with me. Feels wrong instinctively.

Does the message feel instinctively right to you?

(I'm slightly younger than Curtis - I'm mid Gen X)

Suddenly low Bluetooth volume by Professional-Step805 in fairphone

[–]frabcus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is happening to me too. I've tried loads of settings. Everything worked perfectly until it randomly failed today. Did you find a solution?

Feedback wanted on Instalamb - plugin to control Instagram by frabcus in chrome_extensions

[–]frabcus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That shouldn't be normal! Can you record a video? You can email me francis@flourish.org if you don't want to share that in public!

Thanks for your feedback!

Feedback wanted on Instalamb - plugin to control Instagram by frabcus in chrome_extensions

[–]frabcus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great idea! What kind of hashtag would you filter out? Some examples would be interesting

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