In a culture where screens replace craft, Crawford argues, people lose the outlet for self-worth established through unambiguous demonstrations of skill. One way to understand the exploding popularity of social media platforms in recent years is that they offer a substitute source of aggrandizement. In the absence of a well-built wood bench or applause at a musical performance to point toward, you can instead post a photo of your latest visit to a hip restaurant, hoping for likes, or desperately check for retweets of a clever quip. But as Crawford implies, these digital cries for attention are
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Wondering how you'd define photography and apps specifically dedicated to the photographer/enthusiast community (say, Vero instead of Instagram). Or most fine art, really. It's more subjective than building a table that doesn't wobble
