The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World
The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant Connection
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Opinion | Come With Me if You Want to Survive an Age of Extinction - The New York Times
Ross Douthatnytimes.comIf technology is good, then why do so many algorithms seem to leave us feeling depressed and isolated? Can a video call really replace the full-bodied magic of spending time with someone we love? What’s the difference between a childhood spent playing outside in the fresh air and amongst the trees, and another spent on an iPad levelling up... See more
Phoebe Tickell • New Deep Narratives: We Need New Stories of What It Means to Be Human
Knowledge of the world isn’t the same as experiencing the world. Why does online connection so often seem to lack aliveness, as compared to encounters with the world of flesh-and-blood people, nature, and material things? This paragraph from Karl Ove Knausgaard struck me as eloquent: “It feels as if the whole world has been transformed into images
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