Little note on learned laziness
The problem is, when you’re ready to put your learning into practice, something strange and paralyzing happens. The accounts you follow keep serving up increasingly attention-grabbing, even ominous content that somehow compels you to pay attention. There’s always something new to read, a podcast to listen to, or a feed to catch up on. Without stayi
... See moreGina Bianchini • Purpose
There is less time these days for anything other than economic survival. The internet has moved seamlessly into the interstices of this situation, redistributing our minimum of free time into unsatisfying micro-installments, spread throughout the day. In the absence of time to physically and politically engage with our community the way many of us ... See more
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Always-on technologies keep us constantly hooked in. As a consequence, our lives have now become flat-line efforts of partial engagement; we’re never fully focused, but never truly relaxing either. Over time, we pay the price in the form of mediocre performance and a lingering sense of unhappiness.