#amreading ”Yellowface” by R. F. Kuang, and it just throws my moral compass off the charts to see people underlining the worst parts of the protagonist’s mad ramblings.
Here’s a practically proto-fascist example: The white protagonist feels her asian ”friend” has taken something away from her by being so succesfull. 🥵
Of course, they may just be following her evil ways in intellectual curiosity, but I can’t help but feel shocked.
@EllenInEdmonton I think it’s a book I would recommend, even though halfway.. So far it has aptly demonstrated how confirmation bias and self-righteousness develop. I think it’s an important lesson..
Of course maybe some people treat it as an instruction manual as well.. Which is a risk when you write about evil.
@EllenInEdmonton Allright! I think I’m starting to get it now: This #book is indeed about self-righteousness and confirmation bias, but most of all it feels to be about #disgust, and how that guides us on the #internet and generally as pack animals.
It’s also about narrative and different points of view. About intersectionality of course with #race. And very much about #socialmedia!
The more I read the more it feels like I would recommend it! Especially for #twitterdiaspora!
There are interesting explorations of how the laws apply mechanically, yet how the actual human process of making art tends to have some level of copying within it’s very core principles.
With the emergence of #generativeAI and the perhaps the need to rewrite some of copyright law, this book touches on several important topics!
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