Best Of: Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones
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72 min
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2 min
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Product & Tech Trends, History
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Zadie Smith explores populism, identity politics, and technology's impact on human consciousness through her novel The Fraud and nineteenth century Tichborne case parallels.
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Smith reveals she avoids smartphones entirely after three months in 2008, fearing total addiction and consciousness colonization, relying instead on paper maps and planning.
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