the ~internet~
we’re all rotting and i need a breath of fresh air
the ~internet~
This excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s interview in 2003 ties perfectly to my essay about the eerie relevance of his ideas
Brock Covingtonsubstack.com
So put the camera down. Don’t document everything. Stop selling your life off so cheaply to strangers. Keep some things sacred. Let some memories fade and look back at them through fuzzy nostalgia instead of the cheap glare of an iPhone camera roll. Enjoy the fireworks.
Substack • You Don't Need To Document Everything
humanity is still adapting to the fact that ordinary people have broadcasting capability. cultural norms around this are still being negotiated in real time. it’s actually imo more disruptive than promethean fire; you can’t use fire to burn people on the other side of the planet
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my social feeds seemed to finish their years-long transformation from a neighborhood populated with friends to a glossy condo development of brands.