This article discusses the 24/7 attitude of our current US culture, while referencing it's historical connotations as well as social, political, and capitalist roots.
Terms-
"sleep mode" - "the notion of an apparatus in a state of low-power readiness remakes the larger sense of sleep into simply a deferred or diminished condition of operationally and access." - 13
Key Quotes -
"A 24/7 environment has the semblance of a social world, but it is actually a non-social model of mechanic performance and a suspension of living that does not disclose the human cost required to sustain effectiveness." - 9
"Clearly, sleep needs to be understood in relation to distinctions between private and public, between the individual and the collective, but always in recognition of their permeability and proximity" - 24-25
"My argument may seem to contain two inconsistent threads. On on hand I am affirming, along with some other writers, that the shape of contemporary technological culture still corresponds to the logic of modernization as it unfolded in the later nineteenth century. ... On the other hand sometime in the late twentieth century it is possible to identify a constellation of forces and entities distinct from those of the nineteenth century and its sequential phases of modernization. "- 41-42
"Even among the plural voices affirming that 'another world is possible,' there is often the expedient misconception that economic justice, mitigation of climate change, and egalitarian social relations can somehow occur alongside the continued existence of corporations like Google, Apple, and General Electric." - 49
"The fluctuating textures of human affect and emotion that are only imprecisely suggested by the notions of shyness, anxiety, variable sexual desire, distraction, or sadness have been falsely converted into medical disorders to be targeted by hugely profitable drugs." - 55
"Because of the infinity of content accessible 24/7 there will always be something online more informative, surprising, funny, diverting, impressive than anything in one's immediate actual circumstances." - 59
When referencing Inception (and I think Minority Report) - "The manifest unlikelihood, or absurdity, of such possibilities ever being realized is less important than how they are shaping and regulating contemporary imaginaries." - 97
Thoughts -
On 7 he references solitary prison cells, the main character on Orange is the New Black is in solitary for a portion of the show and her mental state is greatly affected.
On 12 he talks about different sleep cycles and I've read before about segmented sleep, where people used to wake in the night to take care of various activities.
On page 31 he talks about how "in-use devices and apparatuses have an impact on small-scale forms of sociality". This makes me think of a photographer (not super great work, but relevant) who removes the phones/tablets from peoples hands in photographs.
Terms-
"sleep mode" - "the notion of an apparatus in a state of low-power readiness remakes the larger sense of sleep into simply a deferred or diminished condition of operationally and access." - 13
Key Quotes -
"A 24/7 environment has the semblance of a social world, but it is actually a non-social model of mechanic performance and a suspension of living that does not disclose the human cost required to sustain effectiveness." - 9
"Clearly, sleep needs to be understood in relation to distinctions between private and public, between the individual and the collective, but always in recognition of their permeability and proximity" - 24-25
"My argument may seem to contain two inconsistent threads. On on hand I am affirming, along with some other writers, that the shape of contemporary technological culture still corresponds to the logic of modernization as it unfolded in the later nineteenth century. ... On the other hand sometime in the late twentieth century it is possible to identify a constellation of forces and entities distinct from those of the nineteenth century and its sequential phases of modernization. "- 41-42
"Even among the plural voices affirming that 'another world is possible,' there is often the expedient misconception that economic justice, mitigation of climate change, and egalitarian social relations can somehow occur alongside the continued existence of corporations like Google, Apple, and General Electric." - 49
"The fluctuating textures of human affect and emotion that are only imprecisely suggested by the notions of shyness, anxiety, variable sexual desire, distraction, or sadness have been falsely converted into medical disorders to be targeted by hugely profitable drugs." - 55
"Because of the infinity of content accessible 24/7 there will always be something online more informative, surprising, funny, diverting, impressive than anything in one's immediate actual circumstances." - 59
When referencing Inception (and I think Minority Report) - "The manifest unlikelihood, or absurdity, of such possibilities ever being realized is less important than how they are shaping and regulating contemporary imaginaries." - 97
Thoughts -
On 7 he references solitary prison cells, the main character on Orange is the New Black is in solitary for a portion of the show and her mental state is greatly affected.
On 12 he talks about different sleep cycles and I've read before about segmented sleep, where people used to wake in the night to take care of various activities.
On page 31 he talks about how "in-use devices and apparatuses have an impact on small-scale forms of sociality". This makes me think of a photographer (not super great work, but relevant) who removes the phones/tablets from peoples hands in photographs.
On page 52 and 53 he discusses watching a large event on television and also looking at social media to see others opinions of what's happening at the same time. I totally do this during things like presidential debates, and awards shows.
On 85 he argues that television is the cause for large increases in childhood autism. I would have to disagree and say that prepackaged synthetic food is a larger cause for this rise (particularly "low fat" diets and food dyes).
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