Real Life
An online magazine about technology, backed by Snapchat
Real Life launched on June 17, 2016 with 174 votes, #165 of 4,334 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
What it does
Real Life is a magazine about living with technology. The emphasis is more on living. We publish one piece a day—essays, features, uncategorizable—four or five days a week. We launched with funding from Snapchat, but we operate with editorial independence and without ads.
God games like Civilization and The Sims offer a fantasy of control based on miniaturization, giving us little ant hills to rule over. But they are also premised on the idea that we too are ants and should try to emulate their efficient “societies” God games like Civilization and The Sims offer a fantasy of control based on miniaturization, giving us little ant hills to rule over. But they are also premised on the idea that we too are ants and should try to emulate their efficient “societies” Media technology is not a modern antidote to older, vernacular modes of information transmission. Folklore instead thrives through these new channels, helping explain and…from reallifemag.com
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