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  • February 18, 2022

    I will grow up next time

    I will grow up next time

    Social media will be there. Apple will release another smartphone. The Internet is definitely here to stay for the foreseeable future. You can unplug and plug back in, until you find what works best for you.

  • January 24, 2022

    What do you do instead?

    What do you do instead?

    You commit to do anything else but waste another moment- let alone hours- of your life tapping away at a screen.

  • January 17, 2022

    The news will find you

    The news will find you

    So. Quit the news. Unsubscribe from news sources. Cancel cable news. They are always lying to you anyway.

  • January 12, 2022

    Irresistible technologies

    Irresistible technologies

    After years of effort to spend less time online, and an intense loathing for the digital world, I still remain entranced by its trappings of entertainment, novelty, and escape.

  • January 3, 2022

    Reasons to be offline

    Reasons to be offline

    It takes a lot more effort than what you read online to get accustomed to and enjoy life on the other side of Mark Zuckerberg’s digital playground. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.

  • December 27, 2021

    A year (trying to) spent offline

    A year (trying to) spent offline

    On quitting social media, a dumb smartphone, 52 books challenge, and more.

  • October 19, 2021

    Where did everyone go?

    Where did everyone go?

    I had a thought recently: where did everyone go? Everyone is here, online. I’m just not here. And it sucks. Everyone is talking, but the silence is deafening.

  • October 4, 2021

    The loneliest place

    The loneliest place

    The loneliest place promises to connect us with these billions of people worldwide, at any given time of the day. Yet, it is the loneliest place.

  • September 21, 2021

    When someone is wrong on the internet

    When someone is wrong on the internet

    This isn’t a post about wrong opinions on the internet. After all, someone, somewhere is always wrong on the internet. What to do about it, then?

  • September 14, 2021

    An experience for one

    An experience for one: experiencing something, a moment, a thing, an event, without the need to capture, share, or post about it online.

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