A discussion about Bo Burnham and Heidegger and how the internet is changing our fundamental way of being. This article was originally published in the Hermeneutic Circular Oct 23’.

If you have grown up in the Western tradition - it’s likely that you knowingly or unknowingly subscribe to mind-body dualism. Descartes’ famous maxim “I think therefore I am” permeates Western philosophy and life. It’s significant because our world would be very different today if he had said “I feel therefore I am” or “I perceive therefore I am”