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Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
It takes a certain privilege to opt out.
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
this is about tech, but ‘opting out’ generally is a behavior which necessitates privilege
Trigger agency by reminding ourselves how digital environments offer us endless possibilities of access, authorship and agency, not constraint
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Exist, not exit.
I’m no transhumanist or accelerationist, but I am however interested in adaptation and resilience over rejection and denial. We could be a lot happier, healthier and again productive if we allocated a fraction of our time and energy on conditioning ourselves to new environments and ideas, instead of fervently stressing to avoid the... See more
I’m no transhumanist or accelerationist, but I am however interested in adaptation and resilience over rejection and denial. We could be a lot happier, healthier and again productive if we allocated a fraction of our time and energy on conditioning ourselves to new environments and ideas, instead of fervently stressing to avoid the... See more
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Instead of unplugging, how may we become more mindful in embracing and strengthening our ability to
live with
these consequences?
live with
these consequences?
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Instead of opting out of social media, how can we use it to connect and form relationships with figures or ideas we never before had access to?
Instead of mourning our sense of direction, how can we use our map apps to seek out tiny shops and cafes for a better sense of locality and sense of neighborhood in cities?
Instead of falling into endless con... See more
Instead of mourning our sense of direction, how can we use our map apps to seek out tiny shops and cafes for a better sense of locality and sense of neighborhood in cities?
Instead of falling into endless con... See more
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
on the privilege of “unplugging” and the compromise of acclimating to new tech, going offline as selfish
What we need is realistic
digital and media literacy from frank confrontations and discussion.
digital and media literacy from frank confrontations and discussion.
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Instead of falling into endless content holes, how can we congregate and self-teach ourselves material which was once worth tens of thousands of dollars behind an ivy academic wall, and is now free on YouTube this very second?
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
“The way to manage your attention is not to ‘unplug’ or do some sort of bullshit Classical Liberal virtue signaling crap of ‘I only read Ancient Greek authors’ but to be sensitive to your current mind size and consciously target the zone you want to be in...
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Our strength should not be measured by our ability to push away our tech, but by our ability to hold and live with tech in peace.