May 25

The Warped Self

Social media makes us feel terrible about who we really are. Neuroscience explains why – and empowers us to fight back -- Mark Miller and Ben White

https://aeon.co/essays/social-media-and-the-neuroscience-of-predictive-processing?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0caab6c329-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_05_24_02_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-0caab6c329-70343981

I have written about the importance of Guy DeBord before:

An essential text for our time is Guy Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle." We are all complicit in the spell of spectacle and it is making us sick. Debord's idea of "lived time," points the way to why I believe dreams are so crucial as the medicine for the future. Debord's book is available free at this link:

The Situationist International Text Library/The Society of the Spectacle

The Situationist International Text Library/The Society of the Spectacle
Self-proclaimed leader of the Situationist International, Guy Debord was certainly responsible for the longevity and high profile of Situationist ideas, although the equation of the SI with Guy Debord would be misleading. Brilliant but autocratic, Debord helped both unify situationist praxis and des…
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