Kanchan Balani

The internet has dramatically changed our ability to know things, but our ability to change things has remained the same, or possibly diminished as a) most of our free-time is now spread out in unsatisfying micro doses of scrolling throughout the day b) seeming has become more important than doing.

On the Internet, clapping for essential workers is

soloist—someone who works for herself, generally alone, moving from project to project selling her services.