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Massimo Flore
@massif.bsky.social
Exploring how narratives exploit our fears and desires.
Revealing the hidden battlefield of the information age.

Weekly insights → https://massimoflore.substack.com/
These apps don’t just simulate people. They build emotional routines you end up subscribed to. It’s a new kind of affective lock-in, and we’re not ready for it.

I’ve been studying this trend and wrote a short analysis on #AI synthetic friends 👇

open.substack.com/pub/massimof...
Life Inside the Epistemic Cocoon
How AI Companions Turn Loneliness into a Private Reality and Redraw the Boundaries of the World We Share
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Any fine or these ridiculous ones?
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Calenda ha scritto che Formigli non lo inviterà più in trasmissione.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
That makes me think when JFK asked NYT to keep quiet about nuclear missiles in Cuba while in negotiations. NYT understood and decided also to not amplify Soviet propaganda around that.

Other times, other people.
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Draghi’s call for “pragmatic federalism” goes beyond treaties.
It’s an admission that Europe’s crisis is psychological as much as institutional: too many tools, too little belief.
Confidence, not capacity, is what’s missing.
www.politico.eu/article/mari...
Draghi pushes ‘pragmatic federalism’ to get Europe out of its predicament
The EU is now “faced with protectionism and unilateral action” and the “return of hard military power,” Draghi said, arguing that the EU is not equipped to address these cha…
www.politico.eu
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM