the ~internet~

The action items to take from this essay would therefore be threefold:

1. Go outside and touch some grass . Continue to do so until the urge to open Twitter disappears.


2. Double and triple down on your individuality: Know yourself enough to know what is special. Improve that for years and years. Ignore everything else. Over time this will result in a

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And anyway, here’s the truth: nobody cares about your life. They really don’t. I’m sorry but they watch your fireworks story for half a second. They hover over your selfie and then swipe to someone else’s. They skip through the concert you posted. They look at your life and immediately think about theirs. The people who actually care are the ones

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To feel creatively and intellectually alive, you have to stop mindlessly consuming the Internet and start mindfully curating it.