Cultural Memory in a Forgetful Age
Italian brain rot and why memory matters
No thanks to Joel McMaster, I now know what “Italian brain rot” is (yes, it’s a real AI meme phenomenon)! Behold (apparently) the best of 2025 internet culture!
In the latest episode of The Shock Absorber podcast, Joel and I quickly move to a deeper critique of internet culture, generational shifts, and the loss of long-term creative effort in favour of instant grati…
