Threats from algorithmic transparency that we talk a lot about without knowing exactly what we’re talking about, and technological self-management, which makes us constantly connected subjects, are part of the field of science. Solutions Zafra (Córdoba, 1973) has been a researcher for nearly two decades at the Institute of Philosophy of the Supreme Council for Scientific Research. Enthusiasm. Insecurity and creative work in the digital age (Anagrama, 2017) was a turning point in her career, going beyond the academic realm and attracting the attention of those who had hitherto felt identified with a situation devoid of critical response. The essay was part of the list of 100 Spanish books ever published by Babelia in the 21st century, and beyond the controversy it causes because any list is limited and therefore exclusive, its inclusion goes on to say that a large number of Readers were involved. and defiantly said, “This is happening to me.” The truth is that? In other words, what we can call Iván Ilich syndrome, that is, a life hiding behind closed screens, becoming transparent and facing a life lived as a big lie. The Invisible Loop, for its part, returns and explores the dangers of an “algorithmic culture” of which we are already an incurable part. To us, we act like fish in water, but we probably do so like flies on a windowpane.
From the same vulnerability, Zafra confronts the invisible scaffolding of El loopo for fear of being misinterpreted as a voice emphasizing the current ills of public and private life. The author cautions that while the critical emphasis is sometimes like the default deviation of some supermarket carts, the prevailing critical tone in his writing should not be understood as an already taken position. Although his writing has been placed in a vigilant position throughout its development, it shares its sideways or weak points, because it “trys not to be correct but to reflect on reasons, manage to communicate, or make them think without reflection.” the position of speaker and minister.”
To do this, the Cordovan author begins this article with a proposition we are familiar with in the pandemic: “Everything that multiplies unseen is restless.” One of the most relevant aspects throughout the article is the idea that so-called “vacation” time tends to be a “differentiated” work time chosen by the motivator, slower because it is not subject to deadlines, but annoying when noticed within. In non-work cultural time, the only free time most people have for the most free and always postponed work: postponed reading, relaxed and creative writing, etc. Today’s hyper-productive inertia, conditioned by bureaucracy, protocols and endless efforts stemming from distrust of the individual, leads us to a constant doing and engagement that infiltrates into “work-life” and puts us in an invisible loop. . So something is wrong, freed from the perpetual cycle of usual equality, when rest or recuperation is our only lifeline, where we look forward to the most valuable thoughtful investment, freest ideas and contributions for the rest of the year. We deserve to live in a unique place for eleven more months a year, from asymmetrical models derived from algorithmic management, biased and opaque models that turn the subject into a product, naturalize business life with a permanent bond, and hold oneself accountable for surrender. forms of “self-exploitation”. The author already says this towards the end: “Life’s eternal enemy is not death, but life itself.”
Also interesting is the tour in which the Cordovan author invites us to perform different artistic manifestations that condemn the cycle of constant repetition in which I repeat and begin again, that cycle that makes it difficult to interrupt, because losing inertia would be like losing your inaction. breath and life. Art intervenes by changing these repetitive rhythms, trying a slowdown that robs us of at a glance. Slowing down, as Zafra says, makes it possible to think about things that aren’t questioned on a daily basis.
We’ve normalized a life on screens as if our streets and homes were, but reading The Invisible Loop helps us reflect on what we’ve already thought, without wanting to pay too much attention to the inconvenience it causes us. includes. No more, no less, this life on screen is not ruled by democratic forces, but by commercial forces that have great control over society, privacy, and people’s lives, including yours and mine.