“Frictionless” society

Not to get all philosophical but I found this podcast from Vox really interesting. Activist and author Naomi Klein talks about a lot of issues but the final 7ish minutes of the episode hit me most. Basically she argues that Covid really exposed that the “frictionless” nature of our current age is just an image we like to believe is real. That behind stuff like skip the dishes or work from home are man, many people who are the victims of widespread inequity in society. Not a new thought, but something interesting. There’s an exposé behind the moderation of Facebook that I can’t find but this from the BBC touches on a similar vein that behind things we take for granted, like social media, there’s a huge human cost that’s invisible to us.