I lately see Instagram likes as price tags.
Everything you see on Instagram, is presented with a certain judgement attached to it.
You don’t only see the thing (photo / object / person depicted in the photograph) itself, but also what it’s “worth”, valued, for whatever reason, by others than yourself.
Why should we all time know what others think about something?
I think it makes it harder to observe something completely for yourself,
and value something completely for yourself.
“It’s very important for human beings to feel they are popular and well liked amongst a large group of people that we don’t care for.”
Eerst publiekelijk iets “goeds” doen, en dan jezelf lanceren als een raket van egoïsme.