talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world?
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[00:00:00] Introduction
[00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message"
[00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us?
[00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attention as the central economic unit
[00:09:09] Pillar 2: Collapse of context via endless scroll
[00:11:40] Pillar 3: Dominance of the image over experience
[00:14:05] Pillar 4: Identity as a modular and public
[00:15:46] Technology as an extension of the body
[00:19:48] Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" and the new body economy
[00:27:07] The "looksmaxxing" industrial complex
[00:38:02] Finding hope in the return to the body
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Music: Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns
The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media
"Body Futurism" by Toby Shorin
https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
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