Zuboff’s Dystopia: The Politics of the Lifeworld

Intimations of Dystopia The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff was published in German in 2018. English language editions were Continue reading →

Self-Tracking: Why We Love Seeing Ourselves in Data

‘Listen to your body: all you have to do is wear it’ This is the promise of the FitBit Inspire Continue reading →

TikTok and Taboo: Mysticism in the Information Age

“Animism has endowed things with souls; industrialism turns souls into things.”  — Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment Continue reading →

On Marble, Texture and Networks

i. “How many million times she had seen her face, and always with the same imperceptible contraction! She pursed her Continue reading →

Distracting Ourselves Together

I was on my computer browsing the internet while sitting in Discord. My friends played World of Warcraft. I was Continue reading →

Portals

Do things not seem quite what they were before? Can’t put a finger on it? Didn’t Rosalyn Carter die? No. Continue reading →

Resonance Theory: How Can Connection Create Disconnection?

The more we control, the more we are alienated from that which we control. This is the thesis of sociologist Continue reading →

In Defense of Gay Assimilation

So-called queer studies is no stranger to provocative titles. I might be better off defending a more modest program of Continue reading →