In the romance world, I hear about readers who only like first person. It really does some like an individualization issue
September 26, 2026 at 5:53 PM
In the romance world, I hear about readers who only like first person. It really does some like an individualization issue
i think the hyper-individualization of media experiences is bad
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
i think the hyper-individualization of media experiences is bad
The individualization of every single fucking thing by this govt is so exhausting. It is really hard to muster any goodwill for people who keep voting for the suffering of others.
February 15, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The individualization of every single fucking thing by this govt is so exhausting. It is really hard to muster any goodwill for people who keep voting for the suffering of others.
The Nature essay is part of a broad pattern & strategy by AI boosters to deflect critiques by individualization (eg did you turn on a light, eat beef today, eat an avocado, take a long shower today?)
Without artificial-intelligence technologies, balancing human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions with carbon removals by 2050 is out of reach
go.nature.com/41LtWWk
go.nature.com/41LtWWk
Net zero needs AI — five actions to realize its promise
Without artificial-intelligence technologies, balancing human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions with carbon removals by 2050 is out of reach. Action in five areas is needed to keep this goal alive.
go.nature.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Nature essay is part of a broad pattern & strategy by AI boosters to deflect critiques by individualization (eg did you turn on a light, eat beef today, eat an avocado, take a long shower today?)
Individualization like this has led me to this recurring issue - highly educated academics [phd students etc] confusing crit fabulation with imaginary extrapolation when interacting with primary sources- " I can extract affect and intent from looking at a single image" MY interpretation/instinct MY
I don't disagree with the thread below but frame it somewhat differently as an academic who regularly sees people who read for a living fail in the way described here. From that perspective it seems more a cultural crisis than an educational one
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context.
I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
September 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Individualization like this has led me to this recurring issue - highly educated academics [phd students etc] confusing crit fabulation with imaginary extrapolation when interacting with primary sources- " I can extract affect and intent from looking at a single image" MY interpretation/instinct MY
And you see it on here, ostensibly the most progressive social platform in the entire anglosphere. Endless individualization of collective problems. Point statistics as cudgels against people who feel something is very wrong in a society that, in 10 year’s time, will be remembered as extremely sick.
April 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
And you see it on here, ostensibly the most progressive social platform in the entire anglosphere. Endless individualization of collective problems. Point statistics as cudgels against people who feel something is very wrong in a society that, in 10 year’s time, will be remembered as extremely sick.
English followers: If you’re curious why the new US government is composed of authoritarians, anti-vaccinationists, and libertarians who spread conspiracy theories—and how this relates to late-modern individualization—then this book might be of interest to you.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
December 20, 2024 at 5:12 PM
English followers: If you’re curious why the new US government is composed of authoritarians, anti-vaccinationists, and libertarians who spread conspiracy theories—and how this relates to late-modern individualization—then this book might be of interest to you.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
We should talk about how cars have directly contributed to the mass individualization of modern society.
May 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We should talk about how cars have directly contributed to the mass individualization of modern society.
Great op ed about how the individualization of healthcare in the United States, forces patients to seek out alternative remedies.
Check out my latest OpEd!
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans Go Rogue in Response to a Broken Health Care System | Opinion
From raw milk to vaccine skepticism to biohacking, many Americans are going rogue in their pursuit of health.
www.newsweek.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Great op ed about how the individualization of healthcare in the United States, forces patients to seek out alternative remedies.
English followers: If you’re curious why the new US government is composed of authoritarians, anti-vaccinationists, and libertarians who spread conspiracy theories—and how this relates to late-modern individualization—then this book might be of interest to you.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
December 3, 2024 at 3:08 PM
English followers: If you’re curious why the new US government is composed of authoritarians, anti-vaccinationists, and libertarians who spread conspiracy theories—and how this relates to late-modern individualization—then this book might be of interest to you.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
I would love to read an article that unpacks how the liberal individualization of the act of voting fuels a counterposing leftist individualization of the act of voting.
August 26, 2024 at 4:34 AM
I would love to read an article that unpacks how the liberal individualization of the act of voting fuels a counterposing leftist individualization of the act of voting.
On the history of individualization and intelligence testing in education 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/technologies...
Technologies of Individualization Are Technologies of Inequality
The 74 published an op-ed this week, penned by an AI industry consultant, invoking Sputnik and claiming that "AI education is the new space race." I'm going to set aside its problematic call for "AI l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On the history of individualization and intelligence testing in education 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/technologies...
!! i think the individualization of feminism into identity has everything to do with it.
April 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
!! i think the individualization of feminism into identity has everything to do with it.
""Individualized learning," particularly when enacted through technologies that defy scrutiny and accountability through algorithmic decision-making, echo the legacy of "separate but equal."
Technologies of Individualization Are Technologies of Inequality
Technologies of Individualization Are Technologies of Inequality
April 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
""Individualized learning," particularly when enacted through technologies that defy scrutiny and accountability through algorithmic decision-making, echo the legacy of "separate but equal."
Technologies of Individualization Are Technologies of Inequality
Technologies of Individualization Are Technologies of Inequality
I know everyone wants the best education for their child, but the anti-intellectual authority we’re currently under makes me want to throw personalization and individualization out the window.
Everyone needs a great education and I’m sick of people arguing otherwise.
Everyone needs a great education and I’m sick of people arguing otherwise.
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I know everyone wants the best education for their child, but the anti-intellectual authority we’re currently under makes me want to throw personalization and individualization out the window.
Everyone needs a great education and I’m sick of people arguing otherwise.
Everyone needs a great education and I’m sick of people arguing otherwise.
There’s a larger story here about the individualization of risk for retirement. Middle income people had defined benefit plans and social security that collectivized risk. Shift to stock market savings fore retirement, and Trumps attack on Social Security individualized risk and it’ wreaking havoc
Booker: For people with 401(k) accounts and retirement savings, they’ve lost thousands. I’ve been hearing from people who had hoped to retire this year after working 25, 30, or even 35 years, but now they don’t think they have enough money because he’s taken $6 trillion overall out of the markets.
April 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
There’s a larger story here about the individualization of risk for retirement. Middle income people had defined benefit plans and social security that collectivized risk. Shift to stock market savings fore retirement, and Trumps attack on Social Security individualized risk and it’ wreaking havoc
It's an "individualization" of public health, which is (ironically?) premised on ecological data (e.g., XYZ "risk factors" identified among those sickened / dead of a given infectious disease). It also dovetails w/ reform eugenics, wherein health must be optimized at the indiv level w/ indiv effort
August 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
It's an "individualization" of public health, which is (ironically?) premised on ecological data (e.g., XYZ "risk factors" identified among those sickened / dead of a given infectious disease). It also dovetails w/ reform eugenics, wherein health must be optimized at the indiv level w/ indiv effort
The opposite of hyper individualization isn't self sacrifice.
Those are the same thing.
Those are the same thing.
August 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The opposite of hyper individualization isn't self sacrifice.
Those are the same thing.
Those are the same thing.
Officially wrapped up Wanderstop.
A detailed/nuanced tale of burnout/pursuit, and thematic oneness of individualization.
If Kiki’s Delivery Service or Whisper of the Heart some of your favourite films—this must play.
An intricate/gorgeous game of a woman fighter of colour looking within herself.
A detailed/nuanced tale of burnout/pursuit, and thematic oneness of individualization.
If Kiki’s Delivery Service or Whisper of the Heart some of your favourite films—this must play.
An intricate/gorgeous game of a woman fighter of colour looking within herself.
May 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Officially wrapped up Wanderstop.
A detailed/nuanced tale of burnout/pursuit, and thematic oneness of individualization.
If Kiki’s Delivery Service or Whisper of the Heart some of your favourite films—this must play.
An intricate/gorgeous game of a woman fighter of colour looking within herself.
A detailed/nuanced tale of burnout/pursuit, and thematic oneness of individualization.
If Kiki’s Delivery Service or Whisper of the Heart some of your favourite films—this must play.
An intricate/gorgeous game of a woman fighter of colour looking within herself.
The privatization of risk and individualization of responsibility inherent to Neoliberalism (and today’s deeply decayed quasi-Neoliberalism) is not only all-pervasive, it keeps getting more expensive. Every facet of this system inexorably leads to pauperization
April 29, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The privatization of risk and individualization of responsibility inherent to Neoliberalism (and today’s deeply decayed quasi-Neoliberalism) is not only all-pervasive, it keeps getting more expensive. Every facet of this system inexorably leads to pauperization
... is the cause of the hyper-individualization he is trying to criticize! YOU ruined society with YOUR coffee order! It's never corporate behavior or policy change! it's personal responsibility all the way down, baby!
March 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
... is the cause of the hyper-individualization he is trying to criticize! YOU ruined society with YOUR coffee order! It's never corporate behavior or policy change! it's personal responsibility all the way down, baby!
Also: I think therapy as a profession over-marketed itself and unwittingly promoted the hyper-internalization & hyper-individualization of many global, collective and community problems.
Here is the deal: we don’t have to keep perpetuating this imbalance & harm
I facilitate spaces focused on this
Here is the deal: we don’t have to keep perpetuating this imbalance & harm
I facilitate spaces focused on this
My hottest mental health take:
A lot of depression and anxiety is situational, and warranted, because people live in shit circumstances. They’re poor, without resources, etc. and the reason it’s become popular to blame “mental health” is because it’s a way of evading responsibility.
A lot of depression and anxiety is situational, and warranted, because people live in shit circumstances. They’re poor, without resources, etc. and the reason it’s become popular to blame “mental health” is because it’s a way of evading responsibility.
March 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Also: I think therapy as a profession over-marketed itself and unwittingly promoted the hyper-internalization & hyper-individualization of many global, collective and community problems.
Here is the deal: we don’t have to keep perpetuating this imbalance & harm
I facilitate spaces focused on this
Here is the deal: we don’t have to keep perpetuating this imbalance & harm
I facilitate spaces focused on this
I'm writing a series on the connections between our epidemic of loneliness and the fascistic crisis
The neoliberal capitalist system isolated us from one another for profit and to undermine our democratic power. To win the future, we must come together
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...
The neoliberal capitalist system isolated us from one another for profit and to undermine our democratic power. To win the future, we must come together
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...
A Crisis of Meaning and Purpose: There's No Such Thing As Society
A Crisis of Meaning and Purpose Part I: The individualization of society through capitalism created a vast and seemingly inescapable loneliness
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm writing a series on the connections between our epidemic of loneliness and the fascistic crisis
The neoliberal capitalist system isolated us from one another for profit and to undermine our democratic power. To win the future, we must come together
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...
The neoliberal capitalist system isolated us from one another for profit and to undermine our democratic power. To win the future, we must come together
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/a-crisis-o...