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  1. Feb 2022
    1. Over the years, streaming services have pushed a narrative about these mood playlists, suggesting, through aggressive marketing, that the rise of listening by way of moods and activities was a service to listeners and artists alike

      Spotify reiterates this with their various Daily Mixes, ranging from 1-4. Transversing various genres, and grouping similar genres together, so one is not listening to a very upbeat/happy song, and the following track is a breakup depressing song.

  2. Jan 2022
    1. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

      Just detailing the process of mechanization.

    2. They have improved his food, his clothing, his shelter; they have increased his security and released him partly from the bondage of bare existence. They have given him increased knowledge of his own biological processes so that he has had a progressive freedom from disease and an increased span of life. They are illuminating the interactions of his physiological and psychological functions, giving the promise of an improved mental health.

      Interesting take to see the progress of man come about, just discussing how humans went from a bare existence to incredible technological feats.