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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

There's a Word for the Loneliness You're Feeling Right Now

Existential loneliness is a deep sense of being uniquely alone in one’s experience, occurring even amid social connection and intensified by value conflicts.
Film
fromInverse
2 weeks ago

'Exit 8' Hits Surprisingly Close To Home

Exit 8 centers on an emotionally detached man trapped in a literal and metaphorical repeating subway maze forced to confront responsibility.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

Surrogacy can produce exploitation and loss of bodily autonomy; modern media work fosters alienation and struggles to communicate intimate experience.
Music
fromPitchfork
1 month ago

La Dispute: No One Was Driving the Car

La Dispute self-produced an analog-driven record combining discordant riffs, field recordings, and Christian allegory to explore alienation and moral consequence.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Is "Family Loyalty" a Thing of the Past?

Around half of all families are affected by estrangement or alienation. Families can fracture due to cultural or political divides that are challenging to overcome. Grandparent alienation is on the rise, resulting in collateral damage to grandchildren as familial disputes escalate. Family members often face a choice between walking away or addressing their 'line in the sand' issues.
Relationships
US politics
fromThe Walrus
3 months ago

Your Country Didn't Change Overnight. You Just Weren't Paying Attention | The Walrus

A country is often perceived not just as land but as a place of emotional belonging among loved ones.
Film
fromAnOther
3 months ago

Summertime Sadness: 10 Films to Add to Your Watchlist This Season

Summer films often reveal themes of loss, disappointment, and alienation amidst a backdrop of idealized seasons.
fromFast Company
3 months ago

How the internet could be redesigned to promote collective care

As the internet has become more integrated in our daily lives, few would describe it as a place of love, compassion, and cooperation.
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I'll tell you what we need Marxism | Yanis Varoufakis

Marx believed that capitalism, especially in its technofeudal phase, alienates individuals from their labor and products, creating isolated selves amid abundant technology.
Philosophy
#marxism
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI and Alienation of Work: Parallels to Karl Marx's Vision

Marx's theory of alienation is increasingly relevant today as AI changes the workplace.
Automation can lead to emotional detachment, causing workers to lose control and creativity.
Thoughtful integration of AI and supportive workplace policies can combat alienation.
fromCreativeApplications.Net
4 months ago
Digital life

Predictive Capital - Roads to terminal alienation, soil to server farm, reason to vibe

Workers increasingly alienated as their labor leads to their own commodification under capitalism.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

AI and Alienation of Work: Parallels to Karl Marx's Vision

Marx's theory of alienation is increasingly relevant today as AI changes the workplace.
Automation can lead to emotional detachment, causing workers to lose control and creativity.
Thoughtful integration of AI and supportive workplace policies can combat alienation.
Music
fromConsequence
5 months ago

Three Days Grace announce new album with original singer Adam Gontier, unleash "Apologies"

Three Days Grace reconnects with original singer Adam Gontier for the upcoming album 'Alienation', featuring the new single 'Apologies'.
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