A retreat into the depths of subjectivity and self-preoccupation. A retreat into the depths of self-preoccupation and self-preservation. I don't have much reason not to. I don't feel like I belong to a cosmopolis, a community. The only utopia I cherish is individuality.
It’s easy to feel disconnected from the physical place you live in. If you can afford Ubers, you can afford to overlook ruptures and breakdowns in civic life. I can find little enclaves of Wi-Fi and coffee and fake health food. You always know what the weather's like outside, so you never... need to get exposed to the elements or caught off guard.
Phono sapiens—possessed by egotism, an amoral commitment to survival, in a digital Hobbesian state of nature—spends each day looking for ways to become a little little richer, gain more likes, increase their networks, while reducing risk and discomfort, increasingly indifferent to physical, material, emotional, spiritual realities.