Swipe-based transient intimacies constitute rites of passage into speculative communities

Evidence

I argue instead that the more transient intimacies forged in the ephemeral space of the digital swipe are part of a rite of passage into speculative communities: an uncertain and anxious pursuit that may not chase after security but is nonetheless productive of new social connections and even political possibilities. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 37

Categorization

• SEED: Angle for an essay: dating-app hookups as political training in speculative community formation, not mere neoliberal rational choice.
• XREF: connects to: Deliberate opacity in communication is endemic to modern speculative communities — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 393; Speculative technologies generate a distinct collective temporal experience analogous to Andersonian imagined community; Intimacy became a temporary experience molded by speculative technologies
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Deliberate opacity in communication is endemic to modern speculative communities — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 393; Speculative technologies generate a distinct collective temporal experience analogous to Andersonian imagined community; Intimacy became a temporary experience molded by speculative technologies