Opinion | Come With Me if You Want to Survive an Age of Extinction - The New York Times
Opinion | Come With Me if You Want to Survive an Age of Extinction - The New York Times
Section titled “Opinion | Come With Me if You Want to Survive an Age of Extinction - The New York Times”
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Section titled “Metadata”- Author: Ross Douthat
- Full Title: Opinion | Come With Me if You Want to Survive an Age of Extinction - The New York Times
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- URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/opinion/extinction-technology-culture.html
Highlights
Section titled “Highlights”- It starts with substitution: The digital age takes embodied things and offers virtual substitutes, moving entire realms of human interaction and engagement from the physical marketplace to the computer screen. For romance, dating apps supplant bars and workplaces and churches. For friendship, texting and DMing replaces hanging out. For entertainment, the small screen replaces moviegoing and live performance. For shopping and selling, the online store supplants the mall. For reading and writing, the short paragraph and the quick reply replace the book, the essay, the letter.