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Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)

Closing the Loop
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In the inaugural* episode of Closing the Loop. Kevin interrogates Eugene about why he felt TikTok was important enough to inflict three (THREE) essays on us about it Closing the Loop is a video series by Eugene Wei and Kevin Kwok. It's a testament to the lengths people will go to avoid finishing writing their blog posts *doesn't inaugural make this sound very legitimate and like there will be many more Follow us on Twitter. Though I'm honestly very confused how you found this if not from already following us on twitter.   / eugenewei     / kevinakwok   Follow Closing the Loop: This is it. You're already here. Just take a look a look around. We've been too lazy to make accounts on anything else. So this is all you got. Referenced in the video: Eugene's posts on TikTok https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2021/2... https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/9... https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8... Posts from before Eugene's blog was a TikTok fan  …...more
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Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
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2021May 21
In the inaugural* episode of Closing the Loop. Kevin interrogates Eugene about why he felt TikTok was important enough to inflict three (THREE) essays on us about it Closing the Loop is a video series by Eugene Wei and Kevin Kwok. It's a testament to the lengths people will go to avoid finishing writing their blog posts *doesn't inaugural make this sound very legitimate and like there will be many more Follow us on Twitter. Though I'm honestly very confused how you found this if not from already following us on twitter.   / eugenewei     / kevinakwok   Follow Closing the Loop: This is it. You're already here. Just take a look a look around. We've been too lazy to make accounts on anything else. So this is all you got. Referenced in the video: Eugene's posts on TikTok https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2021/2... https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/9... https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2020/8... Posts from before Eugene's blog was a TikTok fan page. Simp. https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2... https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2018/5... Newsletter of funny TikTok's. Yo dawg I heard you l liked TikToks so I put some TikToks in your email so you can TikTok while you respond-to-professional-inquiries https://list-manage.us19.list-manage.... Instagram account showing how basic we all are in taking the same photos   / insta_repeat   TikToks referenced    • The Wellerman (Sea Shanty) - From TikTok t...   https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeVq3rk5/ https://www.tiktok.com/@420doggface20... Bill Gurley's blog https://abovethecrowd.com/ Simon Rothman's twitter   / simonrothman   Paper on the internet's impact on dating https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Ro... Show Notes: 14:14 Graph Design and the Limits of Social Graphs 24:44 Unconstraining Emergent Creativity 33:21 Decentralization, Creators, and Platforms 45:41 The Power of the Internet and China 50:12 Social Platforms 1:04:56 Algorithmic Design, Tinder, and Platform Governance 1:20:30 Last Thoughts

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Closing the Loop

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