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Books on the harmful effects of the internet and social media

>> No.15603830

>>15603828
the shallows nicholas carr

>> No.15603851

>>15603828
>Marshall McLuhan - The Medium is the Message
>Jean Baudrillard - Simulacra and Simulation
>John David Ebert & Brain Francis Culkin - Hypermodernity

>> No.15603854

I really feel like there should be more on this, both fiction and nonfiction, it's the number one dominating cultural force of our times.

>> No.15604109

someone post the blindpill chart
is it on the sticky wiki? if not it should be

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>>15604109

>> No.15604219

>>15604126
based

>> No.15604753

>>15603828
David Riesman - the lonely crowd. It reflects the internet and social media culture way bevore it came into existence

>> No.15604986

>>15604126
How do I go back to just a normal fitizen that cares about fit? Fuck that list, I trust nothing today even those close to me so I have to research myself and then find I'm being lied. Please take me back.

>> No.15605130

>>15604986
There is no turning back, you can only go forward from here

>> No.15605151

>>15603828
The Big Book of Reddit
edit: thanks for the (you)'s, kind strangers!

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>>15604986
Read Pynchon. His books train your brain to think "fuck it, I'm not going to figure this all out, I'll highlight the parts I like and enjoy myself".

Find what's important to you and live your life by those rules

>> No.15605541

>>15605248
>>15605130
I hope both of you are right, I'm slowly edging to maniacal tendencies. Thank you, I'll be off on the endeavour to read Thomas Pychon books.