Withdrawal from screens can enable better connection than constant visibility

Evidence

If postmodern culture presents a kind of networked solipsism, perhaps what Gould can now teach us most is the value of disappearance from the screens that eagerly seek our image. Gould, who famously retired early from concert playing, showed that sometimes it is necessary to withdraw in order to find better ways to connect. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1225

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s silence-and-presence reading, and possibly ‘small acts of decorum’ values around digital engagement. — connects to: Perpetual online connectivity produces numbness without genuine connection — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1246

Broader Connections

• Perpetual online connectivity produces numbness without genuine connection #corroborates (0.85) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1246