On September 22nd, an artist posted an image of a female version of Draco Malfoy¹. It started a huge trend that is continuing to grow. Thousands of people have created texts, images and videos depicting her and her relationship to Harry, as well as other adjacent, often hilariously absurd stuff,...
Something entirely new occurred around March 26th, 2025. Following the release of OpenAI’s 4o image generation, a specific aesthetic didn’t just trend—it swept across the virtual landscape like a tidal wave. Scroll through timelines, and nearly every image, every meme, every shared moment seemed spontaneously re-rendered in the unmistakable style...
It sounds like an oxymoron, but it doesn't have to be. The brain is always trying to minimize surprise, so novelty isn’t just fun - it's essential. Everything from perception to movement to memory is part of this deep drive to predict and adapt, and novelty feeds that process. Novelty...