The stereotypical frictionless person dresses neatly but unobtrusively, typically works from a laptop from anywhere in the world and pays contactless for everything.
by Glycine March 31, 2021
A set of norms and expectations unconsciously acquired by individuals through experience and socialization as embodied dispositions, ‘internalized as second nature’ (Bourdieu), predisposing us to act improvisationally in certain ways within the constraints of particular social fields.
Bourdieu Proposed the concept of the habitus as an integral part of behaviour reflected in a ‘way of being’: to include ways of seeing, moving, talking, and so on.
by Glycine September 16, 2023
by Glycine April 20, 2024
Atomization is the process by which larger units—compounds or cultures, molecules or families—are broken down into their subcomponents, their individuality gaining clarity as their relationships disintegrate. It is not simply that people feel lonely; it is that people are less connected than they have ever been. We are in a crisis of atomization. Where loneliness is a feeling inside of us, atomization speaks to the reality of our circumstances. Although loneliness can present itself in any culture and time, its current excess is a byproduct of atomization. (Attribution: Willow Liana, Erraticus Essay)
We must live each day in radical opposition to the world, keeping in mind that the economics of modern life are designed to atomize us, and we must be active in preserving a better way of life.
by Glycine November 13, 2023
by Glycine January 04, 2022
by Glycine January 04, 2022
The global elites who attend the World Economic Forum’s (WEC) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The Davoisie, more than 100 billionaires among them, are inescapably ridiculous about a gathering this self-important forum, often by private jet, on an exclusive Swiss ski resort for four days of ostentatious hand-wringing about the problems of the poor and the dangers of climate change.
The Davoisie are not unlike Marie Antoinette and her surreal friends dressing up and voyeuring the Loire Valley.
by Glycine February 26, 2022