This is my first post on this platform.
I believe it’s a landmark of things to come. In the world where internet is overcome with paranoia and everyone wants you to register with 3 linked accounts there’s no real substance any more. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy, to land a phrase from Chuck Palahniuk.
And just why are we overcome with plagiarism and cynicism? Everything you ever put out might as well be pinned to your actual real life front door. The freedom that made internet magical, the open world possibility to be whoever you want to be is almost lost.
Beauty is an evil, secretive diversion of worldly pleasures implemented by the devil, at least according to theological philosopher Tertullian. This is why steemit is on its way to become a sensation, art lies in freedom to create original content and be rewarded for it when so many others succumb to the Orwellian nightmare that is today. To be secretive, anonymous is in human nature – this is just what’s largely to thank for the integration of internet into everyday life.
But it goes even further; aesthetic experience can’t be reduced to the feeling of pleasantness. The pleasantness must reach plateau after a certain point meaning that the baroque age of advertising might be on its way out. This is especially important since the human experience is all encompassing, so the ability to embrace rage, surprise, disgust, envy, pride, shame and embarrassment might be the next big thing. This is the age that ushered in Lena Dunham when you think about it more. She's refreshing because we're fed up with the perfect polished stories and angered we don't fit the bill.
Speeding up of zeitgeist allows for multiple narratives to exist as the dumb get dumber. As such the complete obliteration of facebook seems uncertain. I believe they will be circling the drain in the years to come like the last great tool of the mainstream establishment. Anonymous is the new happy