beauty as a cultural sickness
@shoofle I have heard other conventionally attractive friends express a similar sentiment. All of this ambient attention that has so little to do with who you are and isn't even always positive.
it's awkward and complicated.
beauty as a cultural sickness
@inurashii @shoofle Ted Chiang has a good short story about this called "Liking What You See: A Documentary". The premise is that technology to make humans no longer judge others based on beauty exists and is widely adopted.