Is Struggle To Win The Popularity Race Reshaping Our Minds?

15 minutes of fame in the era of social media.

Nika Nikolic
Nov 7 · 4 min read

I’ve attended an academic event where a lecturer said something outrageous. He argued against editors in academic publications, and suggested articles should be just put up on social media. That way, their relevance would be decided by popular vote alone.

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Psychoanalyst and political scientist. Balancing richness of complicated concepts and their everyday use.

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