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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.)
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