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Embedded • How Taylor Lorenz Went From Tumblr Queen to Internet Historian

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Alan Jacobs • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Curators Are the New Creators. The Business Model of Good Taste | by Gaby Goldberg | Medium

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And at the same time, I think that the group of people who, by luck or by temperament, proved very, very good at using the internet, to some degree, distracts from the many, many, many people for whom the internet is fundamentally a distraction machine, or for whom the internet is creating, because of what we built on it. You know, shorter attentio... See more

Ezra Klein • Opinion | We Know Shockingly Little About What Makes Humanity Prosper

A.I. Art — Anna Wiener

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And because we can do anything anytime, we feel we need to do everything all the time. With so much constantly available and streaming, we’re constantly being sucked in.

Tiffany Shlain • 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

THE PORTAL (PRE-ORDER) — Altamira Studio

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But all of those baser impulses have been greatly exacerbated by a culture that places limitless value on attention and money, while creating information tools that seem designed to turn every person’s screwup into an opportunity for public shaming, mockery, abandonment, and humiliation on a scale previously unimaginable.

Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

Begin by admitting you’re on screens too much, your family is on screens too much, your coworkers are on screens too much, and it’s time to take a step back. Knowing how we respond to stimuli is a good place to start.