Daydreaming under capitalism
 

Crary 88: "One of the forms of disempowerment within 24/7 [capitalist] environments is the incapacitation of daydream or of any mode of absent-minded introspection that would otherwise occur in intervals of slow or vacant time"
 
"There is [now] a profound incompatibility of anything resembling reverie with the priorities of efficiency, functionality, and speed."
 
depressing, though is it true? Crary occasionally overplays his hand, and one could argue that he may be doing so here

> from Jonathan Crary's 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep (2013)

> tagged with #depressing, #capitalism

> created October 14, 2025 at 5:18:11 PM


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