Ernest Borowski

Likes, comments, and shares almost completely boil down to a hallucination of action and importance. When we post about or reshare something that’s bigger than ourselves, we inherently feel we’re a part of it; that we’re actually aligned and/or part of the resistance. But unfortunately, unless your account has enormous scale (and even when it does)... See more

I believe that we desperately need to be experimenting and developing methods of communication that aren’t beholden to either the advertising industry or the brittle egos of billionaires.

Even when we live in cities, and no matter how socially busy we are, social media feels like a way to remind others, as much as ourselves: “Here I am! I matter!” And if we stop using it, we (or I) wonder if we might simply disappear into the forest, never to be thought of again

Will it be weird, to write this way? Probably. I’m tossing the same words into (currently) three totally different networks, each with their own affect and moods and characters of the day. I’m keeping my distance, such that I likely won’t hear the replies (at least, not with any timeliness) or see the ripples my words make, should they make any at... See more