#social media

Doug reflects on Sam Kahn's observations about cultural aspiration and the shift from elite-driven taste to mass culture, facilitated by technology and social media. He notes the decline of traditional high culture and the rise of "dopamine culture," questioning whether this is an inevitable consequence of constant connectivity, as devices distract us from self-reflection.

Doug posits that urgency is a byproduct of capitalism and argues that, in personal life, little is truly urgent, echoing Finley Quaye's sentiment that good things happen slowly. He suggests exploring how social media and AI drive this urgency but notes that he has offline tasks, like painting a radiator, to prioritise.