My Year of Tech and Relaxation by August Lamm
Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
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In two hours, I had seen everything. The world had accepted my absence with a shrug. I realized that email breeds email, and if you just stop, it stops.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
In doing so, we can determine ways to escape it and resolve the omnipresent atmosphere of anxiety and ennui that algorithmic feeds have produced.