Listening, Reading, Thinking, Shopping / 01
The podcast I'm currently listening to; an Icelandic modern jazz prodigy; Sofia Coppola in HTSI; Is love in the attention economy unreal? and more
Every Monday, at TIG, I write Notes from the Weekend and include a list of links, both interesting and shopping, and it is by far one of our most popular features at the site. It is also always the most clicked story in our regular newsletter, so I thought it might be worth exploring a similar feature here, but perhaps with a more personal slant, discussing the things that inform my current thought processes as I come up with content for the site throughout the week.
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PODCAST
Philosophize This! by Stephan West
Episode #188 ... Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism, depression and anxiety: this episode discusses the concept of positive power, neoliberalism, narcissism as a reaction to modern life, how technology makes isolation easier, and ways to find peace in the digital panopticon.
The terror of the same affects all areas of life today. One travels everywhere yet does not experience anything. One catches sight of everything yet reaches no insight. One accumulates information and data yet does not attain knowledge. One lusts after adventures and stimulation but always remains the same. One accumulates online friends and followers yet never encounters another person.⏤Byung-Chul Han