#unherd — Public Fediverse posts

I’m a big fan of Guy Debord’s work but have never read that of Marc Augé, who came up with the concept of ‘non-places’. These are spaces like airports and hotels where human interaction is largely transactional, leading to a form of psychic isolation.
This article outlines Augé argument that to counteract the dehumanising effects of these […]

https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2023/09/08/non-places/

https://unherd.com/2022/11/how-britain-became-an-american-colony/

What do we think? Has social media made us so Americanised that we don't even notice? Am I the only person left who winces at "leverage" used as a verb with a short E?

Closer to home, does the fediverse feel more culturally diverse than birdsite? Is this as important as being free of Space Karen?

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