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Our digital experiences are out of body. This biases us toward depersonalised behaviour in an environment where one’s identity can be a liability. But the more anonymously we engage with others, the less we experience the human repercussions of what we say and do. By resisting the temptation to engage from the apparent safety of anonymity, we remain accountable and present - and are much more likely to bring our humanity with us into the digital realm.

from Douglas Rushkoff’s ‘Program or be Programmed’ (pp. 84)

drowning

in a pool of Boards of Canada. Check them out here. Excellent night music.

“ The point of new reading technologies, it often seems, is to avoid deep immersion, precisely because it’s an activity the crowd can’t influence or control and thus a violation of the iron rule of digital existence: Never be alone. Deep, private reading and thought have begun to feel subversive. A decade ago, the digital space was heralded for the endless opportunities it offered for individual expression. The question now is how truly individual - as in bold, original, unique - you can be if you never step back from the crowd. ”

William Powers (Hamlet’s BlackBerry) p.135

The iron rule of digital existence:

Never be alone

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