The Age of Dissonance
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The Age of Dissonance
The revolt of the public, as I envision the thing, is a technology-driven churning of new people and classes, a proliferation and confusion of message and noise, utopian hopes and nihilistic rage, globalization and disintegration, taking place in the unbearable personal proximity of the web and at a fatal distance from political power. Every struct
... See moreWhat has evolved since then is not just the obfuscation of reality but its utter fragmentation. At no other time have so many narratives worked to erode our idealism. The advent of social media and mobile phones has amplified our inclination to feel problems rather than think about them. Weltschmerz is the natural psychological response to holding
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