are you losing your individuality to social media algorithms? | algospeak & 1984

Описание: are social media algorithms shaping us into a homogenized society? is tiktokspeak/algospeak turning us all into linguistic clones with no individualism? i wanted to unpack a concerning language trend i'm seeing and dive into the similarities between social media consumption and George Orwell's "1984"! Let’s talk about the race to the bottom, what we’re losing in the process, the impact of social media addiction, and how we can reclaim our unique voices.

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0:00 - social media and a loss in individuality (especially language)
1:09 - parallels to literature?
1:59 - George Orwell's "1984" - Newspeak/duckspeak
3:33 - social media's impact on society's linguistic patterns
4:18 - losing our voices/self-expression
5:05 - race to the bottom rewarded by the algorithms
6:03 - the importance of language
6:54 - what can we do?
7:52 - critical and intentional consumption

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