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Both in urban and psychological space, Schulman witnessed “the replacement of complex realities with simplistic ones,” a process leading to a kind of social monoculture.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
The result is an ironic twist of fate: the very thing that made the area popular to begin with is diluted by corporatization.
David A. Banks • The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America
Eli Pariser • How Urban Planning Could Help Build Better Online Spaces | On the Media | WNYC Studios
many of the social functions that community structures once fulfilled: security, dispute resolution, and the allocation of collective social capital.
Charles Eisenstein • Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
L. M. Sacasas • The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self
Le grand récit de l’émancipation individuelle nous a apporté ce que certains ont appelé le « grand désencastrement ». Si autrefois la plupart des gens étaient imbriqués dans des communautés serrées prescrivant des normes sociales parfois étouffantes, ils en sont à présent affranchis. S’ils servaient dans des institutions hiérarchisées, ils peinent
... See moreAnatole Muchnik • La deuxième montagne : Si la réussite n'était pas là où vous le pensiez ? (French Edition)
our contemporary world has privatized much of public life. We retreat into our homes, onto our screens, and into our echo chambers. Immersing ourselves in information mediated by algorithms. Always connected, yet rarely connecting with one another. The result is we are less and less practiced in the craft of conversation, our ability to hear one an
... See moreSeth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
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