| Jaromil on Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:10:18 +0100 (CET) |
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| Re: <nettime> Sad by Design, the essay |
dear Geert, On Thu, 10 Jan 2019, Geert Lovink wrote: > Sadness arises at the point we’re exhausted by the online > world. After yet another app session in which we failed to make a > date, purchased a ticket and did a quick round of videos, the > post-dopamine mood hits us hard. The sheer busyness and > self-importance of the world makes you feel joyless. After a dive > into the network we’re drained and feel socially awkward. The > swiping finger is tired and we have to stop." Thanks for this. While reading, I think that, in the age of memes, if books would have an animated gif as cover, this may be it? https://media2.giphy.com/media/aU2LaiYUBmSqY/giphy.gif?cid=3640f6095c3a719c4847715a2e9ec277 ciao :^) # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: