Human beings have used their hands throughout history to create, heal, and express themselves. Recently, a hand gesture forming a heart shape has gained popularity, perceived as a trivialization of the significance of hands. This gesture contrasts with the historical uses of hands, such as creating art and performing surgeries. The article questions the cultural implications of such gestures and whether modern society is diminishing meaningful human interactions in favor of superficial displays, symbolized by trends dictated by social media algorithms.
For millennia human beings have had hands, used hands casually, without even thinking about it, like they were no big deal. And everything was fine with hands until...some wizard realized you could rest the top third of your opposing fingers together while pressing the pads of your thumbs together below and make an approximation of the shape of a heart.
Could we be living in end times when all human experience is flattened, rendered meaningless and fed into the insatiable algorithms that control our declining culture? I don't know!
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