Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist, and internet culture reporter. A contributor to publications such as UnHerd, Tablet, and Blaze Media, she is also the proprietor of the Default Wisdom Substack, where she writes about a wide range of topics, including internet history and culture, digital communities, millennial nostalgia, and online fandom.

Katherine joins the show to discuss why you’re never leaving Twitter, how to escape the nostalgia trap, whether it’s possible to heal our attention spans, and MUCH more!

Important Links:

Default Wisdom
Why You’re Never Leaving Twitter; by Katherine Dee
Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From ‘Fresh Prince’ and ‘West Wing’; by Rob Henderson

Show Notes:

Origin Story
Why You’re Never Leaving Twitter
Art & Journalism in the Attention Economy
Class, Wealth & Status
How to Heal Our Attention Span
Escaping the Nostalgia Trap
Technology, Cultural Lag & Barriers to Entry
Astroturfing vs. Organic Momentum
Katherine as Empress of the World
MORE!

Books Mentioned:

The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System; by Paul Fussell
The novels of Donna Tartt
The novels of Easton Ellis

Katherine Dee — On Attention, Astroturfing and the Nostalgia Trap (EP.187)

Infinite Loops