“The character, Cole, declares, we can invent an app, start a blog, sell things online—words repeated so often they might as well be a prayer: Give-us-this-day-our-daily-bread-for-we-can-invent-an-app-start-a-blog-sell-things-online.”— Ayesha Siddiqi, thenewinquiry.comTagged: Secular Theology, Secularized Theology, Secular Religious Practices
“If meaningful work is now extracting the market value of your lifestyle brand, then life itself is ceaseless labor.”— Ayesha Siddiqi, thenewinquiry.comTagged: The Business Suit Is Liberating
“Life under contemporary capitalism demands an aggressive alienation from each other and our bodies. Most of western culture is dedicated to recouping sensation amid that strain. When your life doesn’t seem to have much meaning, wringing the most out of moments of pleasure and friendship take on a ne…”— Ayesha Siddiqi, thenewinquiry.comTagged: Social Currency, Millennials, Social Capital, Capitalism, Alienation
“I’ll throw you in a vine and make you famous and shit. This, and other exchanges about favor-based social economies, exemplify how much social capital has replaced liquid assets for millennials. There isn’t much cash between us, but maybe we’ll get friendly with the right celebrity online who’ll thr…”— Ayesha Siddiqi, thenewinquiry.comTagged: Vine, Social Currency, Social Media Generation, Millennials, Social Capital