Dear Readers,
In a time when so many agents are vying for our attention, in a time of bigger, brighter, more, standing out can feel impossible. It is easy to let ourselves become another data point, another statistic, another ID in a company’s list of users. Easy, however, does not mean inevitable. In Spiegeloog 444: Salience, we look at what has started to blend in more and more, and what has become unignorable.
Cover by Jules Kotowicz
The issue begins with Alex’s piece on our obsession with being ‘first’ to every trend: the niche pandemic. After Leon Hilbert answers Lara Engelbert’s question on how financial struggles affect people in Ask the Expert, Gabriela looks at the uncanny valley of AI writing. Varsha then follows up by asking why, with all of the increased attention and support for mental health, prevalence doesn’t seem to be decreasing. Elena investigates the way algorithms are making us stop questioning reality, and Zhen’s weeks spent inside the Human+ lab come alive in his piece on hyperscanning. In the home stretch, Arya’s Crescendo is a literal homecoming, BTS’ ARIRANG. Finally, Jules closes out the issue with the final piece of Salience, Bacchus.
Thank you for reading!
Barnaba & Jules
Dear Readers,
In a time when so many agents are vying for our attention, in a time of bigger, brighter, more, standing out can feel impossible. It is easy to let ourselves become another data point, another statistic, another ID in a company’s list of users. Easy, however, does not mean inevitable. In Spiegeloog 444: Salience, we look at what has started to blend in more and more, and what has become unignorable.
Cover by Jules Kotowicz
The issue begins with Alex’s piece on our obsession with being ‘first’ to every trend: the niche pandemic. After Leon Hilbert answers Lara Engelbert’s question on how financial struggles affect people in Ask the Expert, Gabriela looks at the uncanny valley of AI writing. Varsha then follows up by asking why, with all of the increased attention and support for mental health, prevalence doesn’t seem to be decreasing. Elena investigates the way algorithms are making us stop questioning reality, and Zhen’s weeks spent inside the Human+ lab come alive in his piece on hyperscanning. In the home stretch, Arya’s Crescendo is a literal homecoming, BTS’ ARIRANG. Finally, Jules closes out the issue with the final piece of Salience, Bacchus.
Thank you for reading!
Barnaba & Jules
