Weekly Filet #108: Present Shock. And more.
This week's top recommendation
It is, in fact, a pretty simple rule: If you want to hear something interesting, don't listen to the loudest. Evgeny Morozov is the loudest and – no surprise there – best heard technology skeptic these days. I certainly agree that technology skepticism is important and underrepresented, but for a good read on this, I recommend Douglas Rushkoff's brilliant new book, «Present Shock». Unlike Morozov, Rushkoff tackles issues, not people. His thesis: We have lost our sense of the future and the past as we live in a time entirely centered around «Now».
→ Present Shock – When Everything Happens Now (Douglas Rushkoff)
Further recommendations
Fitting for the 108th issue of the Weekly Filet, a fascinating argument as to why 108 has to be considered the most beautiful number.
→ What is the most beautiful number, and why? (Quora)
Men in colourful clothes, climbing on top of each other, forming ridiculously high «human towers».
→ Mesmerizing Photos of the Human Tower Festivals of Catalonia (Petapixel)
«Why not a planetary debt cancellation, as broad as practically possible, followed by a mass reduction in working hours?» This essay is a must-read.
→ A Practical Utopian’s Guide to the Coming Collapse (The Baffler)
If you could – with no loss of energy – quit sleeping altogether, would you?
→ The end of sleep? (Aeon Magazine)
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