Always On, Always Connected, Always Searching, Always Distracted (opens in new tab)

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61 pointsleejo9mo ago6 comments

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Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals. -- Baudrillard

andy999mo ago

Your quote reminds me of the concept of hashtag rap https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/222piu/can_som... which is basically all rap music now.

Interestingly it seems to have been a leading indicator.

khalladay9mo ago

I really enjoyed reading this. It's not often you stumble upon long form somewhat stream of conscious writing thats this personal without it also feeling overly navel gazey. This had a nice balance between travel log and personal reflections.

geerlingguy9mo ago

As someone who almost went into photography instead of software dev, I feel like the slower falloff over the years for the "photographer middle class" might've been easier to handle than the quick cutting happening now in dev work...

Though watching job after job dry up around you might wear more than an abrupt change. Not sure which I'd prefer.

I do find myself going back to my film (35mm) camera more now. When it's a moment I want to preserve, and not just a snapshot of an event.

DougN79mo ago

I found this thought provoking. What happens to society with no more shared culture? Or is that silly because there is still so much we have in common (health, school, grocery shopping, being part of a family, etc)?

KetoManx649mo ago

It falls apart due to isolation and lack of trust in fellow members of society. Robert D. Putnam talks about it in his book "Bowling Alone", the more different cultures come into a neighborhood the less trusting the neighborhood becomes and the less people go out and socialize and build relationships.

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