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His manic drawing became a kind of writing when he sent His beloved a sketch of an eye with an X struck through it. He meant I am blind without you. She thought he meant I never want to see you again. It is possible he meant that, too.
“When she focused in on tech and surveillance, she began tapping into deep and latent cultural fears about the many ways that previously private parts of our lives have become profit centers for all-seeing Silicon Valley giants.”
― Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World
― Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World
“But aside from some grumbling, there was weak resistance among progressives to the way vaccine manufacturers were profiteering from the pandemic, and so Bannon became the one taking on Big Pharma’s greed—but, once again, via unfounded conspiracy theories rather than the real scandals.”
― Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World
― Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World
“If you successfully thing-ify yourself, then other people will begin to believe you are a thing and will throw all kinds of hard objects at you, sure that you will not bleed. And then you have to conjure up even more revealing forms of self-exposure —up to and including having a full-blown breakdown in your bedroom with the webcam rolling. Don't come for me, these influencers seem to be pleading to their fans-turned-foes, I'm wounded —can't you see that I'm bleeding here? Forgetting that the pack loves blood and there is nothing bloodier than performative trauma”
― Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
― Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
“Given these roots, the casualness with which our culture has come to discuss the idea that humans should strive to be brands is itself a kind of violent erasure.”
― Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
― Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
“Life is just too damn short to let someone else’s opinion steer the wheel,”
― The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
― The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
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