#
[If you are unable to view this email, click here to view in browser.]([link removed])
#
Weekly transmission from [Adbusters]([link removed])[Media Foundation]([link removed])
#
[TrueCost: Solution to the climate crisis.]([link removed])
#
Hey all you screen-scanning muchachos and muchachas,
#
For both good and bad, Big Tech has utterly disrupted life as we once knew it.
#
It has granted us unprecedented access to information. It has allowed for lightning-fast communication. It has given us nonstop access to endless entertainment. It has hastened the scale and speed of social change — in both the positive and the negative sense — to a world-historic degree.
#
But as it has created, it has also destroyed. Alongside all the new avenues it has opened up, countless old ones have been closed for good. And so many are now leading us not towards enlightenment and happiness but to our environmental, sociopolitical and spiritual doom.
#
At this point, the sway that Big Tech holds over our lives goes almost unnoticed. We accept, we click “I Agree,” we defer our autonomy not out of genuine concurrence but out of apathy and coercion. What choice do we have? We’ve gotta have that iPhone, that Insta account, that Maps feature if we’re gonna enjoy the fruits of modern life!
#
And so we accept constant surveillance. We allow the commodification of our thoughts, our memories, our self-expression, our privacy. We let the info-landscapes informing our sense of reality be warped by corporations raking in ad revenues.
#
With our consent, Big Tech has turned every one of us into a fungible, exploitable unit of attention.
#
#
But we are not mere attention feeds. We are complex, contradictory, creative human beings. And we’re not going to let that distinction go lightly. If we have to, and before it’s too late, we’re going to fight — for our autonomy, for the health and sanctity of our mental environments.
#
What we’re talking about is the birth of a movement. The Mental Liberation Front (MLF).
#
Welcome to the resistance.
#
Are you with us? [Join us]([link removed])!
#
For the Wild,
The Third Force
#
#
[AdbustersTV: #157 release video]([link removed])
[Why Are You So Anxious All the Time?]([link removed])
We carry around our smartphones like portable dopamine. [What damage is it doing to our souls?]([link removed])
[Culture Shop: Support us]([link removed])
[Damage to Your Soul]([link removed])
Study after study has shown that Facebook makes you [moody, anxious, and depressed.]([link removed])
#
#
[AdbustersTV: #157 release video]([link removed])
Dump Your Favorite Brand
Start out the Year of the Tiger in [revolutionary]([link removed]) [style]([link removed]) — plus, get a [discounted]([link removed]) [print subscription!]([link removed])
[Culture Shop: Support us]([link removed])
Help us Steer Humanity onto a Sane Sustainable Path
In this time of crisis we’re reaching out to you, our lifeblood. Consider [donating]([link removed]) or [becoming a patron.]([link removed])
#
#
Want to receive uninterrupted access?
Consider subscribing through our [Culture Shop]([link removed]) . . .
or get a digital subscription through [PressReader]([link removed]).
#
#
For the Wild,
#
[Blackspot Collective]([link removed])
#
Join The Blackspot Collective [here]([link removed])
Subscribe to our magazine [here]([link removed])
Talk to our Art Director [here](mailto:
[email protected]?subject=Sign%20of%20the%20BlackSpot)
Talk to our Editor [here](mailto:
[email protected]?subject=Sign%20of%20the%20BlackSpot)
Visit our Culture Shop [here]([link removed])
Donate to our movement [here]([link removed])
Become a patron [here]([link removed])
#
[Adbusters Media Foundation]([link removed])
Adbusters Media Foundation
1243 West 7th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC, V6H 1B7, Canada
+1(604)-736-9401
[email protected]
[[link removed]]([link removed])
[Facebook]([link removed])
[Twitter]([link removed])
[Instagram]([link removed])
[YouTube]([link removed])
#
This email was sent to
[email protected]
You received this email because you are subscribed to
Adbusters or Blackspot Collective newsletter updates.
[Unsubscribe newsletter updates here]([link removed])
#
© 2020 Adbusters Media Foundation
