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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cancelled my New Yorker subscription because of garbage articles like this one. Good to know I’m not missing anything.[/quote]

That's too bad, because it's still one of the best publications out there. OP completely misunderstood the article-- or didn't actually read it, which would be ironic in this context. [/quote]

Yes if you read the New Yorker article it's  absolutely not on the side of the people sharing these videos.

"The only way that an internet mind can understand a person reading a certain kind of book in public is through the prism of how it would appear on a feed: as a grotesquely performative posture, a false and self-flattering manipulation, or a desperate attempt to attract a romantic partner."[/quote]

Yes. It’s much more of an indictment of our social media addiction or at least those who don’t read. Who cares why someone is reading? Isn’t reading anything that isn’t drivel these days a good thing? I wish there were more of us who would put down their phones and do that (unless they use their phones primarily to read). [/quote]

Yes, my read on the article was more a commentary about how social media is warping people's perceptions of activities.  That because social media involves and element of performance people are now viewing activities as if they are intended for display or consumption.

"If our authenticity is questioned—if we are caught pretending and playacting—what ground do we have left to stand on? If we are deemed inauthentic, how can we stand for anything at all? Conversely, if everything is potentially performative, how will we ever work up the courage to step outside of our sphere of normal, to risk being earnest and cringe, and experience something transformative?"

I'd recommend reading the article. I do feel like people are getting the wrong idea about it.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/performative-reading[/quote]

That sounds right. It’s really sad that folks are judged for doing things that they enjoy in which they have no expectations regarding performance. I wish people lived more in the moment and just put their phones away. Not everything is a performance or needs to be saved or broadcasted to the internet. [/quote]

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