Feed for Thought

Is the online child safety debate for young people, or for adults?

Plus: A UC professor's work is honored but not believed, and AI reveals gaps in education. Here's what I read and thought about this month.

Apr 8 • Jena Wuu

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Social media’s Dorito problem

If social media is the junk food of content, let’s be real about why people consume it in the first place.

Apr 1 • Jena Wuu

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March 2026

Why I started Feed for Thought

At Meta, I tried to fix a content problem. What we really need is a culture shift in how experts participate online.

Mar 25 • Jena Wuu

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"I want to say: You're not crazy. Here's why you feel like this."

A conversation with Cutaway Notes, author of Public Health Matters, about using storytelling to reframe public health for everyday people

Mar 18 • Jena Wuu

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Expertise isn’t missing. Institutional infrastructure is.

Institutions can reduce risk and help experts participate online. In a world with falling public trust, finding that balance is no longer optional.

Mar 11 • Jena Wuu

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How digital platforms are changing our relationship with tragedy

Plus: Hard Fork is building a 'better' social network and film students can't sit through films anymore. Here's what I read and thought about this…

Mar 4 • Jena Wuu

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February 2026

The power of the lurker

If you’re one of the 99% who never post online, you’re still shaping the information ecosystem.

Feb 25 • Jena Wuu

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Can we finally retire 'social media’?

The term is vague and oversimplifies today’s information infrastructure

Feb 18 • Jena Wuu

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December 2025

Goodbye, Attention Economy. Hello, Expert Economy?

It's been a rough time for experts working in institutions. But professional precarity may open new paths for personal agency -- and improve public…

Dec 19, 2025 • Jena Wuu

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Inside the World’s Largest COVID-19 Information Campaign

How we built a global coalition that brought public health information to two billion people and what it revealed about the deep inequities of our…

Dec 11, 2025 • Jena Wuu

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September 2025

On Charlie, Jimmy, and Larry

Sounds like a 1980s buddy movie. Actually 2025 horror.

Sep 30, 2025 • Jena Wuu

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A New Information Order

Six predictions for how the unraveling of trust in American institutions will change the global information ecosystem in the age of AI

Sep 2, 2025 • Jena Wuu

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