Molly Willett
@mwillett
Molly Willett
There is something called “being chronically online” where people almost see themselves as the main character in some big game - life isn’t about other people, it’s about watching people - and they attempt to exempt themselves from criticism, live through others parasocially, and throw stones in the online arena.
Kyla Scanlon • Language, Loneliness, and AI
As a dutiful member of a fairly soft generation of hyperconnected internet guinea pigs, I've had a fairly up and down history with the assorted feelings of malaise.
It’s ironic that posts about slowing down, living life offline, or stopping the scroll are some of the most popular. We’d rather dream about that life, liking posts about others who’ve actually done it, and never actually do it ourselves.
Rose | Substack
Because to not be online is to accept that you will be forgotten. This is the great, unspoken truth of our age. If you do not post, you do not exist.
The Elegance of Digital Disappearance
Many of us yearn for a way to be fully online without all of the mindlessness, passivity and addiction that often entraps us. Some of us oscillate between fully online and fully offline in a sort of mad dance to establish what feels right. Others have lost hope that it’s possible to engage in a way that feels true and alive, and have resigned to... See more
Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice
Damn. She was right. I’d opened it. I’d registered it. But I’d also shelved it. It needed a proper reply, and at that moment, I wasn’t equipped.
Maybe it got lost between revisiting pictures from 2016 and the reminder I set to cancel my Nibble app 7-day trial on day 6. Maybe I got a call? Perhaps I’d wanted to sink back into that Substack article... See more
Maybe it got lost between revisiting pictures from 2016 and the reminder I set to cancel my Nibble app 7-day trial on day 6. Maybe I got a call? Perhaps I’d wanted to sink back into that Substack article... See more
Miski Omar • I’m not ignoring your message – I’m overwhelmed by the tyranny of being reachable | Miski Omar
This post is for you, the independent scholar.
It’s for those who are building knowledge, crafting insights, and contributing to the intellectual landscape without the safety net of a university providing resources, community, and brand to back you up.
You face a distinct set of challenges and opportunities when it comes to outreach and impact, so
... See moreMany of us still want to read, comment and engage, but there’s simply too much of everything all the time. And so we mentally “save” it all for “later” that never arrives.
“Why don’t you just delete social media?’ “I still want to f...
These days, if you say you work in research, most people assume you work in academia. But it’s sort of odd that we assume you need someone’s permission to do research. There’s no reason that universities need to be the gatekeepers of exploring and developing new ideas.