Social Signals by GREG SWAN

Social Signals by GREG SWAN

Will We Miss Doomscrolling? And Other Digital Dilemmas

Exploring nostalgia, algorithms, and why your Oura Ring might be gaslighting you.

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Greg Swan
Sep 05, 2025
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This issue of Social Signals was written to this playlist of Rio Branco bossonova covers of pop songs, which I discovered thanks to doing the “What am I listening to?” Shazam thing at a shoe store in Kennebunkport, Maine last month.

The NFL still holds a rare kind of cultural power. We watch together, talk about it together, and meme it in real time. Th…

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