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Kelly’s vision depends on an evolution of the Internet in which the vast tangle of possible one-on-one connections partition into countless small cliques—each one a fandom or a mini community revelling in the discovery of others who share their quirks. Instead, the social-media giants effectively rerouted these connections through a small number of... See more

Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class

In Filterworld, it becomes increasingly difficult to trust yourself or know who “you” are in the perceptions of…

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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld

He (Rem Koolhaas, 1995) added that the “pervasive lack of urgency and insistence acts like a potent drug,” inducing “a hallucination of the normal.” In other words, the hypnotic quality of ambient content creates a false sense that whatever it presents is a neutral condition, a common denominator, though it is decidedly not.

Kyle Chayka • “Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV

But all of those baser impulses have been greatly exacerbated by a culture that places limitless value on attention and money, while creating information tools that seem designed to turn every person’s screwup into an opportunity for public shaming, mockery, abandonment, and humiliation on a scale previously unimaginable.

Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

beach. A system that existed only because everyone believed they were among people like themselves.

Emma Cline • The Guest: ‘The tension never wavers’ (GUARDIAN)

himself into a rage. “These guys are focusing on the worst tendencies of some of the worst women out there and spreading it like a cloud of fertilizer on all women.” Ross reminded me of an old rhythm-and-blues artist who has been ripped off so much that he trusts no one. But at least there are publishing companies and copyrights in place to protect

Neil Strauss • The Game

“It is a joy to be hidden, and a disaster not to be found.”

It is a disaster not to be found, a total disaster to not be able to connect with others because we were too preoccupied with ourselves. The whole reason for ironic detachment is to build a protective wall between oneself and the world. We think we’re building a wall, but we’re really holl... See more

Catherine Shannon • Everyone Is Numbing Out

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The space of non-place creates neither singular identity nor relations; only solitude and similitude,” Augé writes. He describes “the passive joys of identity-loss.” Even the magazine the fictional businessman reads on the plane references “the homogenization of needs and consumption patterns” in the “international business environment.”