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Go touch paper: How the Apple Vision Pro turned me from a VR-optimist into a techno-selectivist.

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While emerging technology can woo us with convenience and awe, it risks distracting us from our goals, and devaluing our innately human capacities. Sometimes the way forward is to revert to analog technology. We're entering an age where the

Whether it’s technology (VR/social media) or creativity (AI writing), my stance is similar: the process to mastery is embodied, slow, and worth it. The tool is never the end in itself, it’s a means for your own development. If it’s not an augmenter of “leisure” (nature, friendships, art, culture, psyche), then what’s it for?