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But this show isnt just about the bad parts. social media is very complicated in terms of what its doing to us, and theres undeniably an incredible thing going on. its an incredible form of mass technology, of mass communication. and i find that sometimes when i think its at its worst, ill do a joke, possibly trying to take down a troll, and then suddenly people will build on thatjoke. i have this process, which youll know about in the show. i talk about people saying "yes to comedy", about acce...

But this show isntjust about the bad parts. social media is very complicated in terms of what its doing to us, and theres undeniably an incredible thing going on. its an incredible form of mass technology, of mass communication. and i find that sometimes when i think its at its worst, ill do a joke, possibly trying to take down a troll, and then suddenly people will build on thatjoke. i have this process, which youll know about in the show. i talk about people saying "yes to comedy", about accep...

If i dont think theres anything there. but this show isnt just about the bad parts. social media is very complicated in terms of what its doing to us, and theres undeniably an incredible thing going on. its an incredible form of mass technology, of mass communication. and i find that sometimes when i think its at its worst, ill do a joke, possibly trying to take down a troll, and then suddenly people will build on thatjoke. i have this process, which youll know about in the show. i talk about pe...

A lot of abuse on social media and my process is to try and make that funny rather than getting angry about it or indeed ignoring it, whatever the mantras are. i try and make it funny because i see them, essentially, as hecklers, and thejob of a comedian is to try and make hecklers funny and certainly not to get angry about it. do you ever get angry? yeah, very occasionally, but not very often, actually, and less and less. i think now i very much treat them as fodder for comedy, or i do ignore t...

to receive the newsletter every other Saturday. Writing about the future is daunting. It’s hard not to imagine future cynics, tenting their fingers and chortling about just how wrong you were—the way that we do when we look back at past predictions. (We still don’t have flying cars, after all.) The future is a strange creature, full of tentacles that you can’t quite keep track of even if you know how many there are. Advertisement Take the current pandemic, for example. For years, expe...

NORTH ADAMS — Keva Health, of Lexington, bested five other firms, including a company from Stockbridge, to finish first Friday in the Connect Tech Innovation Challenge produced by the startup accelerator and innovation network Lever. It was the fourth and final event in a series of COVID-19 challenges produced by Lever that focused on state companies developing products to help stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Edgi Learning, of Stockbridge, was one of the six companies that had...

Whole i dont think it any lost. >> researchers say what is changing the twang is urbanization, mass technology and influx of newcomers and it comes alive if you ask a texan to talk about texas pride. >> i happen to like the southern accent. i think a little -- the twang is kind of sexy for the ladies. i dont know, i like it. its a cultural thing. i like it. i hope it is not dying out. >> i love "friday night lights." that texas twang. >> texas football show. you like it. southern accent. >> the ...

Urbanization, mass technology and influx of newcomers and it comes alive if you ask a texan to talk about texas pride. >> i happen to like the southern accent. i think a little -- the twang is kind of sexy for the ladies. i dont know, i like it. its a cultural thing. i like it. i hope it is not dying out. >> i love "friday night lights." that texas twang. >> texas football show. you like it. southern accent. >> the show is gone, unfortunately. >> never mind. different thought. go ahead. coming...