Loved this. It reminded me of a quote from my sociology textbook that said that media use to be a product of the human brain and now the human brain is the product of media (I definitely messed up this quote but I think you get the message haha)
Humans are deeply prone to ontological insecurity — and instant interconnectedness only exacerbates it. I fear it erodes our interiority. Our realities are no longer self-fashioned; they are mediated through the interfaces we use to reach one another. This is the result of what Charles Taylor called the loss of the “porous self” — in other words, a disenchantment.
Irony is symptomatic of this condition. We use it to distance ourselves from the fact that we are being instrumentalized for ends not our own. It is a way of reclaiming a sense of sovereignty in the face of systems we can neither fully perceive nor control.
Loved this. It reminded me of a quote from my sociology textbook that said that media use to be a product of the human brain and now the human brain is the product of media (I definitely messed up this quote but I think you get the message haha)
This has to be my best read of the year so far. So eloquently written. Thank you <3
Humans are deeply prone to ontological insecurity — and instant interconnectedness only exacerbates it. I fear it erodes our interiority. Our realities are no longer self-fashioned; they are mediated through the interfaces we use to reach one another. This is the result of what Charles Taylor called the loss of the “porous self” — in other words, a disenchantment.
Irony is symptomatic of this condition. We use it to distance ourselves from the fact that we are being instrumentalized for ends not our own. It is a way of reclaiming a sense of sovereignty in the face of systems we can neither fully perceive nor control.
This is so beautifully and accurately written! Wow