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Late Sceneification

The scene is not a stable unit of culture

Venkatesh Rao
Mar 06, 2021
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Something curious is happening to our post-digital society. The necessary and optional parts of what we think of as community are splitting apart, leaving a gap in the middle that used to be occupied by religion. This has led to the optional part being organized almost exclusively in the form of the relatively persistent, autonomous, participatory spect…

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