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On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer

FreedomLab Selects: Metroid Prime Remastered

An adventurous and immersive journey to overcome an alienated world and yourself

De-influencers or re-influencers?

Criticism of consumer society is of all ages, but now it’s coming from an unexpected corner.

How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair

What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread

Vibegeist: rave until the grave

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.

To cyberspace and beyond

How the cyborg movies of the ‘90s made us fantasize about mind uploading, sentient AI and immortality.

How will the metaverse and web3 influence social media?

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

The fragmentation of social media

When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian are starting to revolt, you know Instagram is getting into trouble...

From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games

What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?

Extending the self with Instagram's augmented-reality face filters

Are we moving towards a culture in which our digitally positioned self is more important than our actual self?