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Impersonal mundanity- The Instagram story | by Nikhil Vinodh | Medium

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I wonder what the master storytellers and novelists of our generation think of the Instagram story. They spend months and years writing…

Impersonal mundanity- The Instagram story Nikhil Vinodh 4 min read · Jul 14, 2018 -- Listen Share I wonder what the master storytellers and novelists of our generation think of the Instagram story. They spend months and years writing intricate, moving stories driven by complex characters and implausible circumstances. And then one fine day, Instagram comes along and tells us that a 5 second boomerang of two margarita glasses clinking is good enough to be published as a short story. Free of cost. Free of effort. And free of any real intelligence. The Instagram story has always invited my derisi

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