Constant Disconnection

<p>The weight of constant digital connection is the default condition of working life, home life, and everyday personal life ¿ driving us to engage more with platforms than with people, a new state of constant disconnection that we cannot escape. Overflowing email inboxes, deluges of mobile phone notifications and torrents of social media posts¿the flow of communication in its abundance is today''s individualized interface for interpersonal and professional practices.</p><p>Communication technologies and their use are both the needle and the thread of the wider social tapestry of everyday contemporary life. This ever-changing communication environment is where the neoliberal economic policies of the West and the commercial imperatives of the platform and data-mining industries meet. It is where the contradictions they produce can be felt day-to-day by citizens-turned-users. </p><p>How does it feel to live at the pressure points of intersecting economic realities and why does it matter?