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AGK's avatar

"Let the unfinished remain unfinished" she says, as she concludes what might be the most comprehensive and complete autopsy of our performative and conceptually vapid status-update-obsessed culture. A complete diagnosis and treatment program for a generation who thinks it's entirely normal to spend thousands of dollars attending an event they will only view through their phone, while creating a document out of it they will never revisit; a generation who preaches about mindfulness and healing by commodifying their daily lives and immortalizing their suffering; a generation who measures relevance by "likes" while "protecting their peace" from the sticky and inconvenient obligations of real-life relationships.

"Not everything needs to be said", as you publish a document that leaves me with very little to add. This piece will resonate with many, many people, because you've managed to curate many of the errant thoughts and feelings we've all intuited about the state of social relations, assembling them into a comprehensive and cohesive exhibit that should be viewed by everyone in the present, and studied closely by those baffled future archaeologists. Extraordinary work.

I could go on about how this resonates with me and my lack of online engagement, but on the advice of one of my favorite writers I'll allow myself to remain unexplained.

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Nancy M's avatar

This is glorious and I need to read it again, and again, to properly digest this. I’ve never been on social media. Although I am on this of course but this feels different. I’m a very private person and don’t feel comfortable revealing myself to others en masse. Plus I don’t believe that anyone is or will be remotely interested in anything I have to say. Never had Facebook or Insta and never will. No smart devices except my phone, which I accept I’m on way too much, seeking connection like everybody else. People mistake me for some sort of Luddite. I don’t care. Gloriously written as always. Thank you.

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