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How Constant Observation Warps Us All

Like social media , psychology , joan westenberg
Curated: 18/11/2024 from medium.com/westenberg/the-observer-effect-and-social-media-how-constant-observation-warps-us-all-a71603036da0

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"In physics... the Observer Effect. Electrons, photons ... behave differently when under our gaze... Social media has made us both the observed and the observers, trapped in a relentless cycle of performing and watching... the line between genuine human expression and algorithm-driven self-parody has dissolved into a soup of memes, virtue vs vice signaling, and desperate cries for validation... When you know you’re being watched, you become self-conscious. You tweak your behavior".

With millions potentially watching, "we’re all spinning into weird, contorted versions of ourselves... How much of you is still you, and how much is a conglomeration of strangers’ expectations?... We start cultivating our personas like crops, feeding them whatever will make them grow in the fucked, algorithmic soil."

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