A company built on a caricature of real social interaction... perhaps this is a trend, where profits are extracted by taking some basic human activity and creat

A company built on a caricature of real social interaction... perhaps this is a trend, where profits are extracted by taking some basic human activity and creating a facsimile that exploits our worst characteristics. Fast food does this for food, tinder for romance, facebook for relationships, twitter for conversations. Second order effects come in, instead of living you can pretend to live and vlog it on youtube. Instead of doing anything (exercise, woodwork, cooking, gaming...) you can watch others doing it with fancier equipment and guaranteed success. It isn’t a ‘conspiracy’ but it does feel like humans are being diminished so their time and attention can be commodified.