(I think) I think that the fact that the internet* allows lacks to persist is more important than anything the internet adds to the equation. What the internet does is make it easier to learn less in life. It provides you with enough things gruel to convince you that you know something without actually giving you anything real to fill you up. Which means I think your solution is a good one: I think one must fill one’s empty soul with beautiful things in order to feel real joy and peace.
*By “the internet” I mean content-slop in its various forms. There are places to go to learn things, though reading books will always be better.
I think your focus on wish-fulfillment/main-character syndrome is certainly one of the defining features of contemporary culture for both men and women.
We can generalize this underlying structure to that of the 'power-fantasy.'
Invariably, these stories are morally flattening and have a very black-and-white, Manichean view of the world (which is, in a sense, quintessentially Liberal/American).
Subscribed and restacked. Really great post.
(I think) I think that the fact that the internet* allows lacks to persist is more important than anything the internet adds to the equation. What the internet does is make it easier to learn less in life. It provides you with enough things gruel to convince you that you know something without actually giving you anything real to fill you up. Which means I think your solution is a good one: I think one must fill one’s empty soul with beautiful things in order to feel real joy and peace.
*By “the internet” I mean content-slop in its various forms. There are places to go to learn things, though reading books will always be better.
Thanks! I hope you enjoyed the novel as well.
I think your focus on wish-fulfillment/main-character syndrome is certainly one of the defining features of contemporary culture for both men and women.
We can generalize this underlying structure to that of the 'power-fantasy.'
Invariably, these stories are morally flattening and have a very black-and-white, Manichean view of the world (which is, in a sense, quintessentially Liberal/American).