“It's not just that we all as individuals should reevaluate our relationship with our devices - maybe you should, on a personal level - but in terms of balancing the micro and the macro and the personal and the structural, it's actually a bigger issue than you and your phone addiction.” ShouldIndividualTermLevelsIssuesBiggerAddictionPhonesDevicesOur RelationshipMacro Author:Astra Taylor
“It's always the balance between the individual's subjective experience and the social structural condition. As individuals we have access to more than we've ever had before. Giving up our data seems a small price to pay, especially if, as you say, we don't feel we have anything to hide.” IfsGivingFeelsSeemsIndividualSocialPayConditionsBalanceGiving UpAccessDataSubjective Author:Astra Taylor
“It's the same thing in a way with privacy. You can say "I'm not doing anything wrong, therefore this doesn't concern me," but what does it mean about our society if we're all being watched and recorded? The personal experience - negotiating this as individuals - doesn't describe the social reality and the broader social costs.” IfsWayMeanDoeRealityIndividualSocialCostConcernPrivacyOur SocietyPersonal ExperiencesNegotiating Author:Astra Taylor
“I work for free all the time, as a writer but also as an activist. The decisions we have to make as individuals are really fraught but also can be really wonderful and we're all navigating this reality to the best of our abilities. But, again, I wanted to take a step back and look at the broader context.” LooksRealityWantedIndividualAbilityDecisionStepsWonderfulActivist Author:Astra Taylor
“As an individual navigating this reality, you have to make choices to survive. Sometimes you happily work for free if it's something you love and believe in. I'm not categorically saying that working for free is bad. I'm just looking at the broader implications of it, and also challenge this idea - and again, this is an argument made by certain people in the tech world - that amateurs are automatically more pure and will triumph over stodgy professionals.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveMadeIdeasSometimesRealityCertainChoicesIndividualChallengesPureArgumentTriumphImplicationsSomething You Love Author:Astra Taylor
