"Let's Stop Calling It 'Content''
I first starting noticing the word "content" in the late 90s
Companies looking to put writing, animation, video or art on their web sites would call it "content"
It flattened innumerable forms of culture into a sort of *goo*, extruded from a tube
25 years on, the term "content" has metastasized, eating whole the way many people talk about -- *think* about -- culture.
Let's stop now
My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/lets-stop-calling-it-content-8410bf5f94a9
A free link: https://clivethompson.medium.com/lets-stop-calling-it-content-8410bf5f94a9?sk=7a2668c44c31a4359876cfcd25a5f2d0
Clive Thompson /
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