Someone tooted a brief clip of a young man on a panel describing, devastatingly well and simply, the damage technology had wrought on the lives of younger generations.
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@CiaraNi
The fact that younger generations don't feel comfortable in public to let loose and dance is extremely depressing for me to learn.But, I understand the fear of being captured on video for the rest of time during moments of vulnerability .
In the pre-cell phone era of the 80s and 90s, dancing was my weekend therapy. Dancing to DJs and live music with friends and strangers.
Some of the most uplifting moments of my life.
A slice of the dancing life: https://youtu.be/N3cDi9dgJ6g?si=WE04mZjRVIzgNe7h
@shansterable @CiaraNi The "kids don't dance" part of the discussion immediately made me think of video artifacts like this (I think more of videos from 70s/80s punk shows, but mutatis mutandis) and--although the fact that the loss of young people being able to experience the freedom of reckless youth is generationally tragic--I feel an equally tragic loss of anthropology. I hate the 80s, and this video is still wonderful.
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Someone tooted a brief clip of a young man on a panel describing, devastatingly well and simply, the damage technology had wrought on the lives of younger generations. Including why 'young people don't dance', which is stuck in my head ever since. I quoted it to someone today and want to send them the clip but can't find it. If this rings any bells with anyone who can point me in the right direction (please), I'd appreciate it.
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Someone tooted a brief clip of a young man on a panel describing, devastatingly well and simply, the damage technology had wrought on the lives of younger generations. Including why 'young people don't dance', which is stuck in my head ever since. I quoted it to someone today and want to send them the clip but can't find it. If this rings any bells with anyone who can point me in the right direction (please), I'd appreciate it.
One of the things I absolutely LOVE about the #livecoding movement, and particularly (?) #pastagang is that this isn't true.
Young people (and older people, who cares about biological age?) making music using technology, and deliberately saying that it doesn't matter if it's shit music, it doesn't have to be polished, it's not there for an algorithm (ironic, given that it's algorave music), and *yes* they're dancing. And they're being filmed. And they don't care.
It is fucking glorious.
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@CiaraNi I'm in my 40s so didn't grow up with smartphones, but I still recognize this crippling fear of putting yourself out there or doing anything that might get you attention or ridicule. I guess smartphones and algorithmic social media took a kind of bullying that always existed and made it far more virulent.
@stveje @CiaraNi I'm in my 50s, remember how camcorders became (a little) popular and the way all the people in a room got a deer-in-headlights stance (obviously self-conscious) when you picked up such a device and pointed it at them.
Manufacturers used to unfailingly put that red status light on the front of camcorders to let people know when they were recording. Nowadays that is a quaint courtesy from a bygone era. People are now constantly subdued, which is how they stay "posed" for the cams.
People can't simply "be" in their immediate social circles anymore. They have to be in the entire world all the time. It reminds me of an Arthur Clarke story, "The Light of Other Days".
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Someone tooted a brief clip of a young man on a panel describing, devastatingly well and simply, the damage technology had wrought on the lives of younger generations. Including why 'young people don't dance', which is stuck in my head ever since. I quoted it to someone today and want to send them the clip but can't find it. If this rings any bells with anyone who can point me in the right direction (please), I'd appreciate it.
@CiaraNi Its designed to get in-between each individual and everyone (and everything) else.
