Communicative technology undermined the collective dancefloor that 80s tech built

Evidence

According to Berardi, remember, we are so overwhelmed by the incessant demands of digital communications, we are simply too busy to engage in arts of enjoyment – highs have to come in a no-fuss, hyperbolic form so that we can quickly return to checking email or updates on social networking sites. Berardi’s remarks can give us an angle on the pressures that dance music has been subject to over the last decade. Whereas the digital technology of the 80s and 90s fed the collective experience of the dancefloor, the communicative technology of the 21st century has undermined it, with even clubbers obsessively checking their smartphones. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 462

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the chapter 15 and 21 concern with accelerated, always-on media destroying collective/contemplative experience. — connects to: The inward turn in post-dance music privatised what rave felt collectively — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 450; Posting party images online makes users unpaid workers for platforms — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 463; The internet dismantled the mechanisms that once produced era-defining cultural trends — W. David Marx, Status and Culture: How Our Desire for…, 30

Broader Connections

• The internet dismantled the mechanisms that once produced era-defining cultural trends #expands (0.85) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 30