The New Gurus
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat. The rise of instant messaging has made our social and professional lives faster, more casual — and more chaotic. But amid all the discussion of the effects of public social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, there has been relatively little attention paid to private social networks—the direct message and the group chat — and how they are shaping our relationships and our world. In this series, Helen Lewis looks at the secret world of instant messaging, meeting a woman who married a chatbot, discovering how Russian dissidents are fighting a propaganda war, and hearing the in...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Ximena Smith • Stuff NZ • Jan 21, 2023
"Lewis is never patronising or sneering, and perhaps this is why so few of her interview subjects bar-up when she asks them challenging questions. Instead, Lewis manages to have quite thoughtful and probing conversations with many of the gurus she speaks to, drawing a lot out of them."
