We Are Not Living in a Simulation, We Are Living In the Past

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The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 9

Welcome to the Convivial Society, a newsletter about technology and culture. What I try to do here is pretty simple. I think about how technology, broadly understood, shapes our personal and collective experience. In this case, I’m thinking about the seemingly common experience of feeling stuck, feeling as if nothing can change, feeling as if we cannot move forward. I do not claim that this experience can simply be tied, without remainder, to our technological systems, but I do think our media environment has something to do with it. Usually, my reflections take the form of a relatively…

We Are Not Living in a Simulation, We Are Living In the Past

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