"Even if you have no idea what any of those words we just typed mean,check out this video from the brilliant (and chronically online) YouTuber Cities by Diana, who uses her signature blend of "unhinged satire of American life, urban planning, pop culture and internet brainrot" to explain how the built environment and technology work together to waste our time and distract us from the things that matter most."
"What does your grinding daily car commute have to do with the onslaught of doom-filled news and all the Labubu matcha Dubai chocolate memes that flood your brain every time you swipe open your phone? Even if you have no idea what any of those words we just typed mean,check out this video from the brilliant (and chronically online) YouTuber Cities"
Built environments and digital platforms interact to shape daily attention and behavior. Car-centric urban design increases commute time and creates captive moments for algorithmic feeds. Technology companies exploit these moments with curated content, memes, and doom-laden news that promote habitual scrolling. The resulting feedback loop wastes time, fragments focus, and displaces activities that matter more for well-being and civic life. Design incentives in infrastructure and platforms favor engagement over meaning, reinforcing car dependency and online brainrot. Satirical framing can reveal these systemic links by making visible the incentives and absurdities that connect streets, commutes, and screens.
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