Wordcel vs. rotator brainworms

Why are near-billionaires trying to invent a 4chan meme? The pandemic has highlighted how the current version of the internet can be so disappointing. This instalment of Galaxy Brain considers how the static nature of the web has led to the desire for a genuinely immersive internet, but why this is also a concern. Charlie Warzel also explains the intricacies of the Wordcel-versus-Rotator meme that’s found popularity on Twitter and in the Silicon Valley venture-capital crowd.