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William Davies talks to Tom about his recent LRB Winter Lecture, looking at why reactions – facial expressions, gestures or emojis – have become the main currency of the digital public sphere. Ubiquitous surveillance and smartphones have made the spontaneous reaction a thing to be cultivated, collected and stored. How did we come to endow reaction with such significance, and what might an escape from the reaction economy look like?
Watch the lecture here: https://youtu.be/bNCYo_mEzfQ
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 By The London Review of Books
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William Davies talks to Tom about his recent LRB Winter Lecture, looking at why reactions – facial expressions, gestures or emojis – have become the main currency of the digital public sphere. Ubiquitous surveillance and smartphones have made the spontaneous reaction a thing to be cultivated, collected and stored. How did we come to endow reaction with such significance, and what might an escape from the reaction economy look like?
Watch the lecture here: https://youtu.be/bNCYo_mEzfQ
Sign up to our Close Readings podcast subscription: https://lrb.me/closereadingspod
LRB Audio
Discover audiobooks, Close Readings and more from the LRB: https://lrb.me/audiolrbpod
Get in touch with the podcasts team: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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