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No one benefits from you scrolling and feeling sad
Now, it feels like anything bad that happens anywhere in the world is somehow relevant to me and my responsibility. It’s like, I’m not allowed to be happy as long as someone, somewhere, is having a bad time.... See more
Especially with global problems, it’s like, how are you allowed to smile when there’s climate change? These problems are really bad, but you
No one benefits from you scrolling and feeling sad
there’s this struggle in my head. Is the world ending, or is it a nice day and I’m getting coffee? Obviously, it’s not a binary thing, but living this way is sometimes brain-scrambling. It’s not like the constant doom and gloom of Twitter was making me a better climate activist. Instead I’d be paralyzed. Twitter incentivizes you to live in this con... See more
The Atlantic • How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis
I realized one of the key reasons why social media makes me feel so out of joint with the world, and with myself. I think all of these ideas—the messages implicit in these mediums—are wrong.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
