Is an Anti Capitalist Wellbeing Possible?
How do people cope with this reality? Mike Watson talks to Eliot Rosenstock and Bram E. Gieben and explore the question: Is an Anti Capitalist Wellbeing Possible? They discuss addiction and Watson’s new book Hungry Ghosts in the Machine: Addiction, Capitalism and the Search for Self.
Hungry Ghosts in the Machine will discuss the ways in which social and other digital media utilize nostalgia to heighten anxiety, depression and alienation then offer fleeting cures that ultimately lead to a cycle of longing and, at most, only temporary satiation. It will finally be stated that wellbeing and spiritual practice freed of the compulsive aspect of social media use might form a useful role in a wider movement aimed at fostering healthy communities.
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