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Social media is yet another aspect of the atomization of the individual. We are engaged in a great un-meaningfying of human interaction driven by a philosophic
by enord 9y ago
Social media is yet another aspect of the atomization of the individual.
We are engaged in a great un-meaningfying of human interaction driven by a philosophication of empirically established human propensities. We are what we do, and the value of what we do is eatablished by market forces.
You are your friends and likes. You are your upvotes and replies. You are your retweets and followers. These are truths when you are too young to establish your own moral footing. And we pulled the rug out from under them; religion is out, atheism is uncool (they can tell), spiritual self discovery is illegal(usually involves drugs) and The Internet, well, thats where they get depressed, innit?
We are ill equipped for the marketisation of identity.
- ukulele 9y agoOne of the best things about the internet is the potential for searchable comments like these 20+ years from now. I look forward to seeing how the same things get repeated over and over and over at the onset of each new technology.
- enord 9y agoHahaha, I remember claiming that expensive phones with crappy cameras was a stupid fad that would blow over. If you dont't make a bold claims you don't get the benefits of hindsight i guess! I would like to add that I was trying to make a point about morality and nihilism in our culture with developing technology as the backdrop, not the cause as such.