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{1.2a2d1a} collapse of the self
topics:
we are all data mine sites now
We are our selves-as-data, as we exist in monopolistic, malevolent PLATFORMS.
This is a reduction, shrinking, collapse of the self.
Not to be confused with
{1.2a2d1} identity collapse
– the flattening of the self over time.
[ ] Think of
2023 - McMullin, Tara - Beyond Creating Versus Consuming
– reproductive labor,
art monsters
, body in thinking of women online…
We become data points, which makes us easier to be confused with other collections of data points.
As Klein points out, “We aren’t transcending to something higher, just less ourselves.”
This tracks with the flattening and collapsing of everything in the context of social media:
{1.2a2} context collapse
,
{1.2a2e} content collapse
,
{1.5a2} relationship collapse
…
when a human being becomes a set of data... everything shrinks