The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
The Internet, at that time, was outside the mainstream media, that loathsome monolith dominated by corporations and groupthink. The online world was decentralized and fostered a plurality of voices. In 2000, Kid A didn’t seem like a critique of that world. The album in a way aspired to it.
Steven Hyden • This Isn't Happening
I don’t want to sound too much like the "we should improve society somewhat" meme, because obviously, people are going to talk about being less online...online. Social media remains a key arena for discourse about cultural, technological, and social issues. That said, I want to make two points.
First, being offline has become an aesthetic language t... See more
First, being offline has become an aesthetic language t... See more
Being offline is the hottest thing to post online
maybe here, we do have an aesthetic counter to the wallflower non-style of Big Tech: a raging messy semiotic meltdown of radicalizing (if absurdist) meme culture where the only ideological no-go zone is the liberal center. Key here is that most of this activity is happening under the guise of avatars, pseudonyms, and collectively run social media a
... See moreCaroline Busta • The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
the internet’s sprawling databases, real-time social-media networks, and globe-spanning e-commerce platforms have made almost everything immediately searchable, knowable, or purchasable—curbing the social value of sharing new things. Cultural arbitrage now happens so frequently and rapidly as to be nearly undetectable, usually with no extraordinary... See more
W. David Marx • The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste
