Life
This rant via Shalom Auslander
I was thinking about sex the other day because I was having a really depressing day, and a dead body had been found by the pier, and as I was taking my son to school and waiting at a traffic light, a homeless man in a mad fury began circling my car, shouting and spitting, and it felt like forever before the light
... See moreIt’s worth reading the entire HBR post. I cannot help but infer that we are lonely and are growing more lonely as we spend so much time glued to our devices.
I imagined the lies the valedictorian was telling them right now. About the exciting future that lies ahead. I wish she'd tell them the truth: Half of you have gone as far in life as you're ever going to. Look around. It's all downhill from here. The rest of us will go a bit further, a steady job, a trip to Hawaii, or a move to Phoenix, Arizona,
... See moreJanet Fitch • White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club)
So let this be the final word: use it, but do not be used by it. Hold it, but do not be held by it.
And above all, remember: the truest moments of life happen in the spaces where there is no screen.
Six Meditations on the Phone
On audacity
