One Good

as much as the feeds brought me things I never would have seen or heard otherwise, my overdependence on them was also cutting me off from a different realm of experiences that I had forgotten about over the course of the decade: the encounter with scarcity rather than infinity, the process of judging and choosing for myself what I wanted to see in

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Discovery problems are as old as civilization. In recent years, however, the ever-growing role of the internet has suddenly made these problems much more difficult. The reason is simple: In the internet era, we are faced with an overwhelming number of options to choose from. In the mood for some music? Spotify has more than 70 million tracks on off... See more

as a human, my tastes, interests and attention are shaped by what is put in front of me. I’ve seen my 3-year old granddaughter, on her way to do one thing, decide she wants to do something else, simply because the button for it appeared in her vision cone. I know I’m not so different. I want to stop being constantly bombarded by the click-me button... See more

My new piece is live. I think it's one of the more important things I've ever written.