Social Media Escape Club

To change the stigma around needing to be constantly available and avoid phone addiction as a whole, Sheeran made the decision to get rid of his phone and only use an iPad. His primary method of communication is now email, with the singer explaining that he only checks it around once per week

I’m happy I asked you to send questions. It led to conversations with readers I had never heard from before.

Discoverability of smart web content relies on word of mouth and human curation.

While the dumb web screams, the smart web whispers.

You don’t need to be showing up everywhere. Nor do you need to be showing up all the time.

Recalling the specifics now, I can see more clearly exactly what’s being lost. Scrolling displaces observation, shuts out occasions for self-generated thought, silences out-of-the-blue invitations. Checking the phone reroutes the discomfort of blankness and emptiness. It stoppers authentic—often anxious—waiting.