The Never-Ending Now
“Sort by recency” is the Internet’s default setting. We’re stuck in an endless cycle of ephemeral content consumption. On the Internet, even though we’re just a click away from the greatest authors of all time, from Plato to Tolstoy, we
default to novelty instead of timelessness.
As I used to observe with some frequency, the arc of digital culture bends toward exhaustion.
What I mean by this is simple: when we think of the way our days are structured, the kinds of activities most readily on offer, the mode of relating to the world we are encouraged to adopt, etc.—in each case we are more likely to find ourselves spent rathe... See more
What I mean by this is simple: when we think of the way our days are structured, the kinds of activities most readily on offer, the mode of relating to the world we are encouraged to adopt, etc.—in each case we are more likely to find ourselves spent rathe... See more
L. M. Sacasas • What You Get Is the World
If we are stuck in an eternal present that bombards our brains with messages but never with enough time to absorb them and remake them as our own, then we might expect a stunted imagination to result.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
It matters what time we live in. Not which age, but which present time, the time of our awareness.