Buffering Thoughts

Synthetic Parasociality: The Age of Artificial Intimacy Today I wanted to generate images with AI for my website and I ended up stumbling into something that took three hours of my Sunday afternoon, and I think I have named it: Synthetic Parasociality The funny thing is that none of this started with a deep philosophical…

Parasocial Panic and the Man Teaching Me SEO. There’s a word I learned recently: Parasocial. Apparently, it describes the kind of one-sided relationship people develop with creators, influencers, YouTubers, podcasters and online personalities they spend a lot of time watching. Which immediately made me stop and stare into the distance for a moment because… wait…