In the 90s, when young people could afford to drive cars and everyone still worked in offices, it was not uncommon to listen to the radio while commuting in the morning or the evening. And when you would turn on the radio you would hear a few different kinds of programming — DJs talking about the big news stories of the day, typically a mix of brand new songs and old favorites, interviews with celebrities, and call-in shows, where random people from the community would spout off crazy nonsense, compete for prizes, ask for advice, or just get in a fight with the DJ. This content arrived linearly, punctuated by ads, but for the most part, it aired in arbitrary blocks. You’d turn on the radio and never really knew what you might hear, but chances are it was fine, but not great, though occasionally good enough to keep you sitting in your car after you parked. Well, that’s basically the role TikTok is currently filling.
(emphasis mine.) hadn't thought of it that way, but this feels pretty accurate. personally i was hoping by now that we'd be beginning to see a social trend among young people away from social media and tech in general, but instead the trend is to simply invest less of oneself into the tech. which is kinda the same thing i was hoping for in the end; because tiktok isn't social media. tiktok taking the place of radio fits better.
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