"digital" has become a fashionable punching bag. deservedly, as the manner in which this technology is being deployed, the kind of experiences it creates and its long-term impact are far from the utopic world that was promised.
but the article struggles to formulate a coherent anti-digital thesis. in fact replace "digital" with "modern consumerist society / capitalist economy" and it makes more sense. the stress, lack of fulfillment, alienation, the disconnect from nature, the obsolescence of age-old traditions and the dissolution of local community bonds long predate the onslaught of "digital"
in fact you could argue we've got the "digital" that we deserve and that we worked hard for
but the article struggles to formulate a coherent anti-digital thesis. in fact replace "digital" with "modern consumerist society / capitalist economy" and it makes more sense. the stress, lack of fulfillment, alienation, the disconnect from nature, the obsolescence of age-old traditions and the dissolution of local community bonds long predate the onslaught of "digital"
in fact you could argue we've got the "digital" that we deserve and that we worked hard for