The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World

The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World

A reflective, original invitation to recover and cultivate the human experiences that have atrophied in our virtual world.

We embraced the mediated life—from Facetune and Venmo to meme culture and the …

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