For people who want to change their relationship with technology
The algorithm knows you better than you do.
Join me live, it's free ·What we will cover
Self-Presentation & Comparison Online
Why do we compare ourselves online? And do we even know how to present our real self online? If that real self exists. I find it can be difficult, because the essence of a person can't be flattened onto a screen. Here, we'll look at research on online self-presentation, comparison, and how it affects people.
Losing Connection & The Mass Drift
Most people who use social media have never posted anything, and others use social media as a way to connect more freely with strangers than with people they know in real life. Here, we'll look at lurking, connection, and what I call ultra-processed friendships (UPFs), and why watching others online isn't the same as living.
The Algorithm & Your Voice
The algorithm works differently whether you're creating or consuming. Neither is good or bad, but in one you're performing, and in the other you don't have to. Because the algorithm knows your every move. Here, we'll look at both sides, consumption and creation, and how each one shapes you differently.
Ruth Guest
Ruth Guest is a Dublin-based Cyberpsychologist and Photographer whose work explores human connection and society's relationship with technology.
She holds a first-class MSc in Cyberpsychology, with a thesis on TikTok's influence on self-concept clarity and online identity, and has spent over 15 years in creative, marketing and tech fields. Her work sits at the intersection of psychology, photography, and philosophy, exploring the question: What happens to the self, and to human connection, when everything passes through a screen and becomes an image?
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