New genres are emerging that exploit cognitive and moral resources in ways that did not have technological pathways before (opens in new tab)

Marcus Bösch with a really interesting insight into the aesthetics of TikTok through the use of some weird examples. He uses the work of , , and to explain it all. Well worth clicking through and reading the whole thing. Slop strategies have been evolving ever since Jesus sat down on a huge shrimp in 2024. AI content production is now sophisticated enough to invent new affective hooks that did not previously exist. New genres are emerging that exploit cognitive and moral resources in ways tha...