Opinion | Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones
Both in urban and psychological space, Schulman witnessed “the replacement of complex realities with simplistic ones,” a process leading to a kind of social monoculture.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
There is less time these days for anything other than economic survival. The internet has moved seamlessly into the interstices of this situation, redistributing our minimum of free time into unsatisfying micro-installments, spread throughout the day. In the absence of time to physically and politically engage with our community the way many of us ... See more
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Today’s revolution has been defined by a set of very specific values: boundarylessness; speed; universal accessibility; an allergy to hierarchy, so much so that the weighting or preferring of some voices or products over others is seen as illegitimate; seeing one’s own words and face reflected back as part of a larger current; a commitment to grati... See more
Alana Newhouse • Everything Is Broken
“Their business model,” he says, “is screen time, not life time.”