Archive - 8Ball

Dissonant Advertising

Things are getting weird as brands lean into the entertainment potential of social media and abandon the "interactive" and the "parasocial"

Jun 19 •

new york tiktok city

things right now 041—week of 06.16.25

Jun 17 •

los angeles moment

things right now 040—week of 06.09.25

Jun 12 •

the post-globalized

one path for americans

Jun 10 •

things right now 039—week of 06.02.25

Jun 4 •

four paths for americans

the post-globalized, the nolifers, the live players, and the sloptimists

Jun 3 •

May 2025

after the upper middle class

things right now 038—week of 05.26.25

May 30 •

the instagram eras

no app has defined the mass adoption of the internet more than instagram—in light of the platform's looming fifteenth birthday, here's a look back at…

May 23 •

things right now 037—week of 05.19.25

May 20 •

all the ends of the world

We live in a young millennium.

May 16 •

from white-collar to no-collar

things right now 036—week of 05.13.25

May 13 •

a vacation from the future

the future is a village

May 9 •

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