State of the Internet

September put a spotlight on speaking out, scale, and social media CEO's obsession with launching more surveillance state wearable tech...

In this month's debrief, Xanthe and Chelsea get into:

• The Ed Sheeran and Macklemore Tour fallout: what does it cost to speak out (or not?), how can you let your values be known and communities feel safe, and what hard conversations have we all been avoiding?
• Create and Cultivate Festival: flop or not? Reviews are mixed, the critics are out, and we're wondering: at what point do you air your grievances on social media? Is being critical of a woman-led festival tearing women down? Plus, what Xanthe and Chelsea would do if it was their festival...
• Meta Muse and it's new "Tamagotchi" Charm, AND Apple's new foldable phone are on the market... what are the tech bros up to now? Who's the Muse Charm for? BABIES? Maybe...

The internet is chaos. Let's make sense of it together.

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