Saved by Stuart Evans
I Quit Showering, and Life Continued
My experiments with time are evolving. Phase 1 was to see what it was like to “get off the clocks”—what happens with no awareness of the time? I found myself budgeting time less. 2 months later, I still have my lock screen in Cambodian, my MacOS screensaver hides the time, and the system clock is analog. My watch/phone is now set to normal though,
... See moreWilliam James speculated that subjective time was measured in novel experiences, which become rarer as you get older. Perhaps life is lived on a logarithmic time scale, compressed toward the end.
David Brooks • This Will Make You Smarter
In Walden , his 1854 reflection on simple living, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The cost of a thing is the amount of ... life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.” In Thoreau’s terms, how much of life is exchanged for all this screen time? Arguably, most of it.
Becky Isjwara • March 2024
Most people I know have problems with Internet addiction. We're
all trying to figure out our own customs for getting free of it.
That's why I don't have an iPhone, for example; the last thing I
want is for the Internet to follow me out into the world.
[5]
My latest trick is taking long hikes. I used to think running was a
better form of exercise than hik... See more
all trying to figure out our own customs for getting free of it.
That's why I don't have an iPhone, for example; the last thing I
want is for the Internet to follow me out into the world.
[5]
My latest trick is taking long hikes. I used to think running was a
better form of exercise than hik... See more