How I Stopped Trying to Upgrade My Life – Backchannel

It turns out it was about the data—the stimuli—and not about the software. At least not primarily.

I tuned my inputs to listen more to channels from the real world, including the nature channel, the friend channel, the love channel, the curiosity channel, the literature channel, and the travel channel. I smelled a lot of roses and marveled at amazing vistas near and far. I even let myself get bored from time to time. I reduced my clock speed to