Relational

We frame our sensory impulses into meaning. Radio and the phonograph moved music performance from something relational to something para-social, at least some of the time. That had to be disorienting as far as the experience of emotions went. Social media alienates us from real, contextualized approval It enables sharing of images and appearances, not experiences. Lessons are also uncoupled from experiences. All of the above makes me pessimistic about the possibility of empathy.