Tag: narcissism

• Falling in love with ourselves

  Also published in Occupy! #5. Occupy! is an OWS-inspired gazette, published by n+1. — In late October of last year my cousin came down to Liberty Square, then home of a thriving Occupy Wall Street, to meet me for a drink. He arrived early so he could check things out for himself. I was eager…

  Jonathan Matthew Smucker

  September 20, 2012

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  Antonio Gramsci, Liberty Square, n+1, narcissism, Occupy Wall Street, prefigurative politics, Slavoj Žižek, utopianism

• Communicative Capitalism, Status Update Psychology, and Filter Bubbles

  Have you ever taken photos at an event — with the thought that you would later post them to Facebook? Maybe you even loaded them from your smartphone while the event was still in progress? Have you ever Tweeted from a protest? Have you ever found yourself thinking about how you would translate something you…

  Jonathan Matthew Smucker

  September 4, 2012

  Uncategorized

  communicative capitalism, Eli Pariser, filter bubble, Internet, Jodi Dean, narcissism, self-selection, social media