Topic: Selfie Culture

Adam Curry reviews the WeWork documentary on Netflix, describing the company's rise and fall as an "Instagram dream" sold to millennials. He criticizes the cult-like atmosphere and the "Steve Jobsian" hype generated by CEO Adam Neumann, which led to a $47 billion valuation despite a flawed business model.

Referencing Adam Curtis's documentary *HyperNormalisation*, the discussion explores how the 1960s chatbot "Eliza" revealed a human tendency to find comfort in technology that mirrors the self. This "mirroring technology" is linked to the modern "selfie generation," with the suggestion that an obsession with self-image through social media algorithms reflects a deeper societal insecurity.