Very Internet Person

"Blurring the boundaries between living and consuming in this way transfigures every part of our lives — the tragedy, the hardship, the joy — into something to be watched and commented upon. Imitated but never empathized with."

"We are not in a garden like I am in my dreams. We are in a place where entertainment has become the living and those human qualities that were once beyond commodification — attention, creativity, empathy, to name a few — are now capital."

a very good essay on the trouble with content and becoming it in this situation we've ended up with. it's important to be aware of who actually benefits the most from such systems so we don't lose ourselves in the process

"Blurring the boundaries between living and consuming in this way transfigures every part of our lives — the tragedy, the hardship, the joy — into something to be watched and commented upon. Imitated but never empathized with."

"We are not in a garden like I am in my dreams. We are in a place where entertainment has become the living and those human qualities that were once beyond commodification — attention, creativity, empathy, to name a few — are now capital."

a very good essay on the trouble with content and becoming it in this situation we've ended up with. it's important to be aware of who actually benefits the most from such systems so we don't lose ourselves in the process

https://internetbedroom.substack.com/p/against-content

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yeah, i think it's important to be aware of that and to make room in your life (if possible) to do personal projects – things that u can actually call your own. part of all this crypto stuff is supposed to be self-empowerment but we've gotten to a weird place where power structures have consolidated into traditional models again with things being funneled to a top (╥_╥)

When I think of the amount of time and effort I've put in the daoverse for example, and the fact that someone will get to put their brand on it for 5 minutes at the end of a 1 and a half live stream on YouTube... I think i'm really not aware of where my content is going, that's why I feel like I'm lost 😵