Anti Tech

Sitting down to write in 2025 is its own kind of war with forces of distraction and click-to-buy shit at every turn. Shakespeare and Jane Austen didn’t have to fight the itch to check Instagram every ten minutes while making their work. They had oil lamps and real problems like measles or... See more

Allegra Preuss substack.com

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Rosalía mentions Björk as she describes why she’s gone mostly offline since her last project. “Björk says that in order to create, you need periods of privacy—for a seed [to] grow, it needs darkness,” https://t.co/ZNmjIG8Ydd

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“That’s enough screen time for today,” you tell your kid, urging them to turn off the video-game console or iPad. As for what they should do instead, you are not quite sure. And what about you? If only you could put down your phone and listen to your spouse, or read a book, or embrace the sensation of your own existence, then surely you would be a... See more

Ian Bogost • You’re Getting ‘Screen Time’ Wrong

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