Thank you for sharing your thoughts, algorithms and social media have made it very easy to ignore or sometimes not even see information that gives you a better more complete perspective, but I take issue with your claim that every moment we spend scrolling is replacing objective reality with a fragmentary reality. I think having a fragmented and incomplete perspective is the norm, getting off of your phone and touching grass might feel like you're getting the complete picture but it's still always going to be a fragmented reality unless you're literally involved in events. Our perspectives will always be limited by what we know and how we think and feel, putting your phone down doesn't remove the canvas, it just changes where the holes are.
I love this reflection on how what we're consuming digitally is curated and how that affects our perception of the world. I can't wait to read your book when it comes out!
I love this reflection. I do think we have a passivity problem in general. It’s so easy to scroll through those videos without interacting or engaging at all which furthers the disconnect.
I was talking somwthing similar to a group of freinds this week, about how the “algoritmated” content is a lot of cut pieces rearanged that distorts linearity.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, algorithms and social media have made it very easy to ignore or sometimes not even see information that gives you a better more complete perspective, but I take issue with your claim that every moment we spend scrolling is replacing objective reality with a fragmentary reality. I think having a fragmented and incomplete perspective is the norm, getting off of your phone and touching grass might feel like you're getting the complete picture but it's still always going to be a fragmented reality unless you're literally involved in events. Our perspectives will always be limited by what we know and how we think and feel, putting your phone down doesn't remove the canvas, it just changes where the holes are.
How strange that I just posted a stack that would marry this and live happily ever after if stacks could do that... Maybe we're getting the same fragments? https://open.substack.com/pub/goldmansherman/p/getting-better-news?r=c3al&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I love this reflection on how what we're consuming digitally is curated and how that affects our perception of the world. I can't wait to read your book when it comes out!
I love how clear and concise your writing is!
I love this reflection. I do think we have a passivity problem in general. It’s so easy to scroll through those videos without interacting or engaging at all which furthers the disconnect.
I was talking somwthing similar to a group of freinds this week, about how the “algoritmated” content is a lot of cut pieces rearanged that distorts linearity.
Talking about your book, I would love to see a live event about it