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The Culture Decoder

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Our culture is now a tangled mess of rabid media, dopamine triggering social feeds, shitified products and ruinous ideologies. And don’t even get me started on AI. Time to figure it out… https://substack.com/@theculturedecoder

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 2d

In this latest Culture Decoder article I explore two recent events which should give #entertainment and #media giants some cause to carefully consider their next steps

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The Protest Power of Subscription Services

Recent events should persuade entertainment giants that their current models are riskier than they expected...

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 4d

The next Culture Decoder article is going to take a look at the protest power of subscription services and how they’re shaping consumer and corporate behaviours. A LOT to talk about there!

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The Culture Decoder | Substack

Edward James Bass has been decoding culture for some of the world’s leading entities in brand and entertainment for the past twenty years. This is the place where he’s sharing his latest thoughts.

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 6d

Some reflections on the cultural impact of the wealth divide here…

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Versailles 2.0

We know how this one will eventually end, right?

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 8d

Versailles 2.0 - we all know how this ends, right?

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Versailles 2.0

We know how this one will eventually end, right?

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 15d

When in Freiburg, you gateau do it.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 15d

I think you’d best have your sense of humour tested first. Assuming you have one to test.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 18d

In addition to the environmental impact, given it is Lucifers own airport already I don’t think a new runway is going to improve anything.

Still patiently waiting for this Green Economy Labour promised, as currently it looks like they’ve capitulated to ‘more of the same’.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

You actually tried this?

Good luck with that difficult conversation at the Genius Bar!

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

🎶 Sweet home Talibana 🎶

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

Once it’s already been folded? 😀

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

I hear they are planning to recognise the Palestinian State. Maybe they will also recognise it as a target for the arms we’ve sold them at long last?

We’re on the wrong side of history here.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

Yours is technically foldable already.

One time only though 😀

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

Anyone want some tulips?

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 20d

Probably more of a lack numeracy than anything else.

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 23d

Starting to see too much evidence of centrists veering to the right, believing it will make them electable.

Wrong side of the fault line guys, the right will just continue to pull you and eventually will do so into an abyss.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 23d

Good work teaming up with the giant! Looking forward to this one.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 26d

The latest Culture Decoder article looks at the risks of 'Cognitive Offload' aka externalising our critical thinking to #AI. theculturedecoder.substack.com/p/forget-a-t...

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Forget a Terminator style apocalypse, ‘Cognitive Offloading’ is the true risk of Artificial Intelligence.

Poor decision making at a global scale is far more likely than a rogue AI plotting mass destruction.

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 28d

Your principles are absolutely spot on but the fact is what’s driving much of the anger in the UK is the result of decades of poor management of migrations. Just look at Windrush as evidence of that.

Until we address that and respond to people’s concerns then the issue will remain entrenched.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 28d

Hey @zackpolanski.bsky.social & @zoegardner.bsky.social I think you’re both brilliant but the recent podcast really needed to address many people’s issues with the cultural integration of immigrants rather than immigration.

This concern is never discussed by the left, so a missed opportunity here.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · 29d

'Cognitive Offloading' is something we need to be adopting with very real caution.

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Forget a Terminator style apocalypse, ‘Cognitive Offloading’ is the true risk of Artificial Intelligence.

Poor decision making at a global scale is far more likely than a rogue AI plotting mass destruction.

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · Sep 2

A boom fuelled by credit - pushing us deeper into inequality.

We need to stop taking the US’s lead on everything and start innovating policy for ourselves.

That’s the independence we needed, but instead we opted for a damaging Brexit.

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · Sep 2

The latest article from my ‘Culture Decoder’ newsletter explores how the current #AI experience is starting to resemble some kind of Douglas Adams style fever dream.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Rogue Tech

We are now living in a technological fever dream that is oddly familiar…

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · Sep 1

Played around with that - very revealing when it comes to Africa, isn’t it?

The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · Aug 31

We're now living in an oddly familiar technology fever dream...

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Rogue Tech

We are now living in a technological fever dream that is oddly familiar…

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The Culture Decoder @theculturedecoder.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m liking the new Observer but this current top of the page article feels like it should have been written about five years ago as it’s addressing a non-trend that has always been there in Hollywood.

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