William Davies · The Reaction Economy · LRB 2 March 2023
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It is an infernal riddle of digital culture that ‘authenticity’ is constantly breeding its opposite: the ‘...
Vol. 45 No. 5 · 2 March 2023 The Reaction Economy William Davies Share on Bluesky Share on Facebook Share Email Print 6276 words W hen I ​ deleted my Twitter account in September last year, provoked not by Elon Musk's imminent takeover but by the suffocating quantity of royal coverage gushing from every media source, I was left feeling bereft, as any addict is when their drug is taken away. How was I supposed to react to the news now? And if I had no way of reacting to the news, what did I want from the news? Am I even interested in the news, if I have no opportunity to react to it? Bein
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