Chris Hayes
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And I've experienced all the ways that that's strange and alienating, and I've given a lot of thought, partly as a kind of full-time psychological undertaking so that I don't go crazy, because I do think it's kind of distorting and madness-inducing in its own way. And what we've done is basically democratized the madness-inducing aspects of celebrity for the entire society.
And I've experienced all the ways that that's strange and alienating, and I've given a lot of thought, partly as a kind of full-time psychological undertaking so that I don't go crazy, because I do think it's kind of distorting and madness-inducing in its own way. And what we've done is basically democratized the madness-inducing aspects of celebrity for the entire society.
for every teenager with a phone, now can be driven nuts in precisely the way that we have watched generations of celebrities and stars go crazy.
for every teenager with a phone, now can be driven nuts in precisely the way that we have watched generations of celebrities and stars go crazy.
for every teenager with a phone, now can be driven nuts in precisely the way that we have watched generations of celebrities and stars go crazy.
The social media combination of mass fame and mass surveillance increasingly channels our most basic impulses toward loving and being loved, caring for and being cared for, getting our friends to laugh at our jokes, into the project of impressing strangers.
The social media combination of mass fame and mass surveillance increasingly channels our most basic impulses toward loving and being loved, caring for and being cared for, getting our friends to laugh at our jokes, into the project of impressing strangers.
The social media combination of mass fame and mass surveillance increasingly channels our most basic impulses toward loving and being loved, caring for and being cared for, getting our friends to laugh at our jokes, into the project of impressing strangers.
A project that cannot, by definition, sate our desires, but feels close enough to real human connection that we cannot but pursue it in ever more compulsive ways.
A project that cannot, by definition, sate our desires, but feels close enough to real human connection that we cannot but pursue it in ever more compulsive ways.
A project that cannot, by definition, sate our desires, but feels close enough to real human connection that we cannot but pursue it in ever more compulsive ways.
Well, and I think that's because... there's something holy or sublime in actual human connection that can't be replicated. Like that, you know, the thing that we're chasing is something ineffable and non replicable.
Well, and I think that's because... there's something holy or sublime in actual human connection that can't be replicated. Like that, you know, the thing that we're chasing is something ineffable and non replicable.
Well, and I think that's because... there's something holy or sublime in actual human connection that can't be replicated. Like that, you know, the thing that we're chasing is something ineffable and non replicable.
And it's the reason we chase it because it's, it's what makes life worth living at a certain level is to be recognized and seen in relationships of mutual support and affection and care with other people. You know, that's it. That's the stuff of it. And it's, We are given a tantalizing facsimile that some deep part of us cannot help but chase, but it can't also be the real thing.
And it's the reason we chase it because it's, it's what makes life worth living at a certain level is to be recognized and seen in relationships of mutual support and affection and care with other people. You know, that's it. That's the stuff of it. And it's, We are given a tantalizing facsimile that some deep part of us cannot help but chase, but it can't also be the real thing.
And it's the reason we chase it because it's, it's what makes life worth living at a certain level is to be recognized and seen in relationships of mutual support and affection and care with other people. You know, that's it. That's the stuff of it. And it's, We are given a tantalizing facsimile that some deep part of us cannot help but chase, but it can't also be the real thing.