<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3L4M3" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Flat White

Social media’s scorpion culture

12 February 2020

5:00 AM

12 February 2020

5:00 AM

The human experiment that has been hyper-connectivity facilitated by social media platforms tends to confirm Sartre’s statement that hell is other people — in the sense that he meant it; namely, it is seeing reflected back an image of oneself captured and defined by other people.  For those who enter the fray of the Twitterverse that reflection is usually distorted by the time it returns.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Subscribe for just $2 a week

Try a month of The Spectator Australia absolutely free and without commitment. Not only that but – if you choose to continue – you’ll pay just $2 a week for your first year.

  • Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
  • The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app
  • Spectator podcasts and newsletters
  • Full access to spectator.co.uk
Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER


Comments

Don't miss out

Join the conversation with other Spectator Australia readers. Subscribe to leave a comment.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Close