"No matter how hard you post or what sites you do it in it’s never going to be 2019 again." — <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/amandamull.bsky.social/post/3mmm7apri222p">Amanda Mull</a> on BlueskyI'm thinking about getting back on social media. Weird, I know. But (1) I have a distribution problem, and (2) it's not what it used to be... which is bad, but maybe also good for me? Today, I'm putting my thoughts into words and relying on a new essay by communications scholar danah boyd to make sense of why getting back on platforms feels vaguely appealing.Footnotes:<ul><li><a href="http://whatworks.fyi/articles/rethinking-social-media">Read the essay version of this post.</a></li><li>"<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051261437487">Social Media Is Now Parasocial Media</a>" by danah boyd in Social Media + Society</li></ul>

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We're Not Late (Or, Rethinking the Long-Term)

Work is central to the human experience. It helps us shape our identities, care for those we love, and contribute to our communities. Work can be a source of power and a catalyst for change. Unfortunately, that's not how most of us experience work—even those who work for themselves. Our labor and creative spirit are used to enrich others and maintain the status quo. It's time for an intervention. What Works is a show about rethinking work, business, and leadership for the 21st-century economy. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to deep-dive analysis of how we work and how work shapes us.