my mind is melting or rotting
“There is so much pressure to always better yourself, get good grades, if you have not figured out what exactly you want to do by the time that you are 18 then you are a failure. The modern world is overstimulating enough and I just want a moment where I don't feel like I'm constantly disappointing everyone.”
- Vee, 19 Via Halima’s X
- Vee, 19 Via Halima’s X
Everyone is born a creator. Consumption is the antithesis of creation. Passive consumption amounts to junk food for our brains and robs us of time that we could be spending actively creating and living fulfilling lives
It’s wonderful to have the freedom to continually widen our interests. But like many luxuries, it has an insidious downside. Ever-branching possibilities make it harder for us to explore any given one deeply, because there’s always more “newness” to turn to when the old new thing has reached a difficult or boring part.
David Cain • Go Deeper, Not Wider
“Why don’t you just delete social media?’
“I still want to find fun new content, and not miss out and hear from my favorite thinkers.”
Stop doing things you hate doing - by Seth Werkheiser
Seth Werkheisersocialmediaescapeclub.substack.comMetalabel
“According to the Tiqqun collective, we have become the innocuous, pliable inhabitants of global urban societies.7 Even in the absence of any direct compulsion, we choose to do what we are told to do; we allow the management of our bodies, our ideas, our entertainment, and all our imaginary needs to be externally imposed. We buy products that have... See more
Jonathan Crary Quotes (Author of 24/7)
In fact, overlooking this fundamental aspect of human nature arguably landed us here, at the end of this first age of social network goliaths, wondering where it all went haywire. If we think of these networks as marketplaces trading only in information, and not in status, then we're only seeing part of the machine. The menacing phone call has been
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