Unlock all Galaxy Brain tracks and moreA weekly newsletter from journalist and author Charlie Warzel. Warzel is a writer and reporter who covers the intersection of technology, politics, and culture. Formerly a writer-at-large for the New York Times Opinion page and a senior technology writer at BuzzFeed News, he was the recipient of a 2019 Mirror Award for his reporting on Facebook's privacy struggles. Galaxy Brain explores how technology changes everything it touches, specifically, how the modern internet harnesses huge pools of collective attention and influences the way that we behave.Confessions of an information hoarderConfessions of an information hoarderThe information war isn’t over yetI found the tech angle on the vibe shiftThe bad ideas our brains can't shakeWordcel vs. rotator brainwormsThe internet is eating Wordle aliveThe Michael Bay theory of historyThe US digital-contact-tracing debacleHow to spend 432,870 minutes on Spotify in a yearThe Omicron information vacuumWe are running in 'degraded mode'A crypto true believer makes his caseFacebook’s vast wastelandOn the front lines of the Great ResignationJoe Rogan destroys CNN you won't believe what happens nextWho gets to have fun at work?Changing the Facebook conversationWhat do we do with all this rage?The internet's original sinThe algorithm tweaks won't save usWhat if people don’t want "a career"?What happens on Facebook?Reasons for vaccine optimismThe Biden/Facebook fight is part of the problem