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First book read in 2025: Non-Things by Byung-Chul Han.
We no longer create and cherish meaningful “things”. Instead, we produce and consume data and digital information, what this book refers to as “Non-Things”.
We may think that we are doing with data and information as “collecting”, but in reality, we are merely consuming.
We are transitioning into a non-materialistic existence, and that might not be a good thing. This is my first Byung-Chul Han book, and it is challenging me to reflect on how “non-things” are quietly replacing all the “things” that has once given life depth and meaning.
(And yes, the irony of reading this on a Kindle app on my Hisense Touch isn’t lost on me.)
We no longer create and cherish meaningful “things”. Instead, we produce and consume data and digital information, what this book refers to as “Non-Things”.
We may think that we are doing with data and information as “collecting”, but in reality, we are merely consuming.
We are transitioning into a non-materialistic existence, and that might not be a good thing. This is my first Byung-Chul Han book, and it is challenging me to reflect on how “non-things” are quietly replacing all the “things” that has once given life depth and meaning.
(And yes, the irony of reading this on a Kindle app on my Hisense Touch isn’t lost on me.)