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The Disbeliever's Guide to Authenticity
But this is how popular culture works: You allow yourself to be convinced you’re sharing a reality that doesn’t exist.
Chuck Klosterman • Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
As Reason was in the Age of Enlightenment which we are now definitively exiting, vibes are self-authorizing—viral. Whether you believe or not is precisely beside the point: vibes are belief, relieving you of the burden of believing in anything yourself.
Vibes Cartel
There must be some way to partake in shared online experiences in a way that does not feel totally beholden to the convergence and optimization of digital life. Like, there must be some way to share what I am thinking and feeling and watching and enjoying with everyone in a way that does not attempt to replicate my preferences into a trend.
Brandon • martin luther's wordle starter - by Brandon martin luther's wordle starter
Authenticity is a poison pill at the end of a long rat race. Nothing short of dispensing with the inherently capitalist notion of authenticity will give us relief.