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First we shape our social graph; then it shapes us

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You are always internalizing the culture around you. Even when you wish you didn’t. So you better surround yourself with something you want inside—curate a culture.

First we shape our social graph; then it shapes us Henrik Karlsson Sep 07, 2022 690 33 121 Share This essay is the first of a series. Here is part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 . Once you see the boundaries of your environment, they are no longer the boundaries of your environment. Marshall McLuhan The inside of a womb looks as it did 70,000 years ago, but the world outside has changed. In July 2021, when our daughter was born, the night sky didn’t light up with stars; it was lit up by the warm afterglow of sodium street lamps. Green-clad women carried the baby away, pumping oxygen into her mouth. I

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