When everyone recommends the same thing
There are books that are not read: they are consumed, displayed and photographed next to a cup of coffee and obtain a social network. It is books that appear in every conversation, on each shelf, in every Instagram story and then disappeared as shades at night. They seem to be the result of choosing an invisible committee from the global recommendation and bearing an accompanying and guarantee of easy personalities and addresses. Suddenly, everyone reads it. Or so they say.
We don’t know exactly the reason or since then, but if you haven’t read it – or if you have read it and did not look very great – you seem to miss something necessary. Reading, that intimate and free experience, becomes a social gesture, almost a form of cultural obedience. There is one of those books that I have not read yet. I bear the fact that it is not read with great pride. A few days ago they asked me about him and answered: “I prefer to read soon.”
The same happens with the series and movies. The series is the books of those who do not read. They are the twenty -first century booklet. Know the platforms and take this opportunity: Do not recommend their algorithms. They are like a throat. We all see the same thing, we attach to the same path, and we are excited at the same time. Nobody discovers anything: what must be seen as described, as a characteristic of the head. It makes sense that entertainment is like this in people who resigned to think for free. From Goya to óscar, from Disney to Marvel and Shot because she touched me.
Reading, that intimate and free experience, becomes a social gesture, almost a form of cultural obedience.
The same applies to music. There are songs that put us: on the radio, in ads, in Tiktok, at the wedding of your cousin. When you finally learn them, it was already replaced by the next stage. It gives you custom cloning lists, which should be an oasis of exclusivity, just the same as the rest. Filmov-Cheoul’s philosopher has argued that we live in the era of excessive positivity, where the most clear and reliable is imposed on the diverse. We have more options than ever, but every time we dare choose ourselves. Doing this means danger: committing mistakes, ignoring, and moving away from fashion. One hundred thousand posts were sold by the alleged singer of Puerto Rico are clear symptoms.
Perhaps the most anxious thing is that we all choose the same thing, but we do it so that we do not stay alone. In the background, there is something deep in the desire to share references, to fear. But if we only see, we read and listen to what the majority has already agreed, what remains of our curiosity? What space do we leave for error, to taste a rare, for an intimate experience that does not need to verify health? We are waiting for us to be updated until we forget to be in comfort and know who we are. Suddenly, free time has also become a competitive. In this race, the last thing we do is choosing.
