The Regrettable Century

It Sucks Out There: Hyper-Individualization, Tiktok, and the Terminal Decline of American Society

June 10, 2024 Chris, Kevin, Jason, Ben, and Jess Season 6 Episode 12
It Sucks Out There: Hyper-Individualization, Tiktok, and the Terminal Decline of American Society
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The Regrettable Century
It Sucks Out There: Hyper-Individualization, Tiktok, and the Terminal Decline of American Society
Jun 10, 2024 Season 6 Episode 12
Chris, Kevin, Jason, Ben, and Jess

We invited podcast alumnus, Jess, back to talk about how terrible everything is. We touch on Tiktok houses, literature, and the death of the future.

The End of The Future                           
 
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/left-politics-future-history-capitalism-progress 

Why Is Our Culture So Obsessed With Individual Experience
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/anna-kornbluh-immediacy-individualism-capitalism/

Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle: Are We Defined by How We Appear
https://www.thecollector.com/guy-debord-society-of-the-spectacle/ 

The Anxiety of Influencers
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/06/tiktok-house-collab-house-the-anxiety-of-influencers/






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Show Notes

We invited podcast alumnus, Jess, back to talk about how terrible everything is. We touch on Tiktok houses, literature, and the death of the future.

The End of The Future                           
 
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/left-politics-future-history-capitalism-progress 

Why Is Our Culture So Obsessed With Individual Experience
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/anna-kornbluh-immediacy-individualism-capitalism/

Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle: Are We Defined by How We Appear
https://www.thecollector.com/guy-debord-society-of-the-spectacle/ 

The Anxiety of Influencers
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/06/tiktok-house-collab-house-the-anxiety-of-influencers/






Support the Show.