How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency

The notion of disappearing now, in the age of endless selfies and self-promotion, has never had higher contrast. With endless encouragement to reveal and share every aspect of our lives (a pressure that comes both from our peers and from companies that profit from knowing our behavior patterns) How to Disappear challenges the damaging assumption that somehow fame and visibility equate to success and happiness. Author Akiko Busch describes her own uneasiness with this mindset and her ever increasing yearning for the power of invisibility. How to Disappear is at least in part a guide to invisibility, reminding us the power of remaining inconspicuous, and finding  alternatives to a life of perpetual exposure. People can die, after all, from over exposure. So why risk it?

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