Van Newman
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techno-critical writer / dystopian studies hobbyist / idea guy
Van Newman
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“To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform which may come in the form of betraying or divesting from your public online self.”
Caroline Busta • The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
“He was a generational talent who wrote something that has lasted till this day. And yet he spends all his time worrying about running out of logs for the fire or switching rooms to avoid his creditors.”
- How artists make (or beg for) money
technoskepticism and
This is how it works: You’ve always wanted to be a writer, but instead you decide you should become a health care worker. You go to school for four years. You get a degree in social work. You are at your first day of your new job, listening to an orientation, and you realize you really did want to be a writer. You quit your job, go to the library
... See moreNatalie Goldberg • Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
