Alex Dobrenko

The internet’s hot-start problem has already been called by other names — Total Noise, Present Shock, The Shallows, the Digital Maginot Line, the Age of Acceleration. Framing the internet’s problem as a hot-start problem isn’t to appropriate someone else’s analysis but to take a contrarian approach to a popular Silicon Valley framing — the cold-sta... See more

People often ask me how I got the courage to put my work into the world.

I’m not sure I have any courage, but I do have rage .

This may come as a surprise to readers of my books, who tell me they’re rather helpful and upbeat. (Not words my friends and family might necessarily use to describe me!)

My secret is: the books are positive because I take a n... See more

Of course, therapy and its vernacular are not solely to blame for our era of isolation. Rather, therapy and other tools of introspection have become ways to justify our lack of access to external stimulation. Instead of using therapy to untangle our desires and fears so that we may effectively act on them, therapy becomes the goal in itself—to crea... See more