Emily Kwong
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So every generation has its own set of slang.
My generation does.
Yours does.
I'm sure words are coming to mind right now.
And each word has its own interesting evolutionary story.
But these days, there is a unique tool influencing language, and that is technology.
Gen Z has popularized the words unalive, skibbity, riz, and fueling these and other phrases are algorithms.
That's what we're excited to explore today in a special episode from the podcast TED Tech.
Linguist Adam Oleksik gets into the nitty gritty of how social media algorithms are reshaping the way we communicate and how we view ourselves.
I hope you enjoy.
That was an episode of TED Tech.