#human relationsjhips

[the-funtime-autocrat]

Simply put, in a society in which human relationships are satisfying, life will be bearable even if it has only primitive means of production. Whereas in a society where human relationships are impoverished and toxic, life will be difficult and unbearable, however 'advanced' such society may be in terms of mechanical-technological evolution.

Mattias Desmet, “The Psychology of Totalitarianism” (2022).

[the-funtime-autocrat]

Digital interactions always have a certain delay; exclude certain aspects of contact, such as scent and temperature; are selective (you see only someone's face); and create the constant unpleasant preapprehension that the connection may drop. As a result, digital interactions are not only experienced as reticent and stiff; they also give us the feeling that we can't really (physically) sense the other.

Mattias Desmet, “The Psychology of Totalitarianism” (2022).