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1 ● [1]Manton Reece 2 [2]About [3]Photos [4]Videos [5]Archive [6]30 days [7]90 parks [8]Replies [9] 3 Reading [10]Search [11]Also on Micro.blog 4 5 Velocity and authenticity 6 7 [12]Jan 21, 2026 8 9 When I read a blog post I love, I usually find my favorite part of it to quote 10 in a short post on my own blog. Sometimes I can’t find a single excerpt that 11 fits, so I turn it into a full blog post and add more commentary. Such is the 12 case with [13]this fantastic essay by Om Malik: 13 14 What matters now is how fast something moves through the network: how 15 quickly it is clicked, shared, quoted, replied to, remixed, and replaced. 16 In a system tuned for speed, authority is ornamental. The network rewards 17 motion first and judgment later, if ever. Perhaps that’s why you feel you 18 can’t discern between truths, half-truths, and lies. 19 20 Om doesn’t focus on ad-based platforms, but I think the incentives are similar. 21 Meta is fine with rushing us through an algorithmic feed because there is no 22 end. The more engaged we are, the more ads we see. 23 24 We built systems that reward acceleration, then act surprised when 25 everything feels rushed, shallow, and slightly manic. People do what the 26 network rewards. Writers write for the feed. Photographers shoot for the 27 scroll. Newsrooms frame stories as conflict because conflict travels faster 28 than nuance. 29 30 We should slow down in 2026. Take more time to read longer posts. Full stories, 31 not headlines. This is why when I cancelled all of my news subscriptions, I 32 kept only The New Yorker. Longer, thoughtful posts that I read once a week 33 instead of all the time. 34 35 AI will bring us infinite content, with a velocity that humans can’t match. It 36 will be noise, overwhelming. Then we will become numb to it. The only antidote 37 is authenticity. Knowing that what you’re reading is coming from a real human 38 with their own perspective, their own strengths and flaws, because you’ve 39 followed them for years. 40 41 [14]Also on Bluesky [15] [3] 42 Manton Reece [16]@manton 43 44 • [17]RSS 45 • [18]JSON Feed 46 • [19]Surprise me! 47 • [20]Tweets 48 49 50 References: 51 52 [1] https://www.manton.org/ 53 [2] https://www.manton.org/about/ 54 [3] https://www.manton.org/photos/ 55 [4] https://www.manton.org/videos/ 56 [5] https://www.manton.org/archive/ 57 [6] https://www.manton.org/30-days/ 58 [7] https://www.manton.org/90-parks/ 59 [8] https://www.manton.org/replies/ 60 [9] https://www.manton.org/reading/ 61 [10] https://www.manton.org/search/ 62 [11] https://micro.blog/manton 63 [12] https://www.manton.org/2026/01/21/velocity-and-authenticity.html 64 [13] https://om.co/2026/01/21/velocity-is-the-new-authority-heres-why/ 65 [14] at://did:plc:pko7wbcggok753hnvndxh3ni/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxsfazjmv2m 66 [15] https://www.manton.org/ 67 [16] https://micro.blog/manton 68 [17] https://www.manton.org/feed.xml 69 [18] https://www.manton.org/feed.json 70 [19] https://www.manton.org/surprise-me/ 71 [20] https://www.manton.org/tweets/