“15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”
— Noah Smith
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I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
The internet used to be an escape from reality.
Now, reality is an escape from the internet.
But a shift has happened nonetheless: the Internet used to reflect our real-world lives and the physical world. Increasingly, our real lives and physical worlds are just a reflection of our digital ones.