Algorithmic Longing

The hunger that arrives already named, slipping into the bloodstream like a whisper you mistake for your own.

It begins with a suggestion, a soft nudge from a feed or a banner, so subtle it feels like memory rather than invention. Soon, desire itself becomes suspect. The book you ache to read, the city you dream to visit, the body you long to inhabit — were these planted in you, or did they emerge from the...

—

See full definition in The Luxury of Hardship. Get your copy here