It is sometimes said that due to our near-constant immersion in media, we (will) all become zombies - media zombies. This presentation argues why this may be a good thing, as in media life, the neither/nor of the zombie coupled with its impersonal sociality may be capable of bringing about a better world. Living our lives inside of a mediated environment (the premise of being media zombies) can actually help us to see ourselves as deeply connected to others, letting go of our self-absorption.
Argument based on the book "Media Life" (Polity Press, 2012).
23. together alone
remixed
driven yet goalless
… and probably listen to extreme metal
24. [living in media means] “a person will no longer be a worker
(homo faber) but rather an information processor, a player
with information (homo ludens).”
Vilém Flusser – 1990
25. if we live in (not with) media
we are zombies
if we are (media) zombies
we can change reality
the question is:
what reality would zombies make?
26.
27. “If everyone was living in public it would
change their whole ideology of thinking and
it will result in nobody giving a fuck about
their old concerns about style, or what
their friends are thinking because all of our
issues and problems will be visible to the
whole world. Then the masses can poke
fun or judge or what ever they do and we
will have to start focusing on actual
problems in our lives instead of worrying
about media”
28. “If everyone was living in public it would
change their whole ideology of thinking and
it will result in nobody giving a fuck about
their old concerns about style, or what
their friends are thinking because all of our
issues and problems will be visible to the
whole world. Then the masses can poke
fun or judge or what ever they do and we
will have to start focusing on actual
problems in our lives instead of worrying
about media”
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