Now the cognitive tendrils of a phone-based psychosis frequently seem more descriptive of contemporary reality—“Houthi PC small group,” etc.—than the daffodils I see springing up in the park.
Nobody is better at describing the dizzying feeling of modern life with the internet than Jia Tolentino. Her book Trick Mirror is required reading for internet cultural analysis. It’s not all doom and gloom. It’s also funny as hell.