Let me know if you can read the article in full.
I mean to me this feels “correct,” but this analysis is kind of mid. Like, obviously the world is a waking nightmare and the demonic “communication tool” that monopolises all of our free time is a coping mechanism. But I’m not sure “logging off” is the solution when there is no “reality” to log off to. The internet bleeds over into “real life.” And “real life” hasn’t been “real” for decades now. This article could benefit from speaking about the Spectacle, spectacular life. Get some Debord and Baudrillard in here and you’re really cooking.
Not sure what you mean. As people? Sure, maybe, idk. Debord’s Spectacle is an incredibly useful lens to view modernity, and while some of Buadrillard’s essays are gobblyremoved his writings on simulacra and simulation are quite illuminating and helpful in conceptualizing our ridiculous world.
