Friday, March 11, 2022

Weapons of Mass Distraction

"Hours that I might previously have devoted to doing things, like playing music, learning a new skill, or interacting with my husband (as opposed to sitting in the same room together, parallel-scrolling) increasingly were spent staring at a screen. I’d morphed from an interesting, interested, independent minded person into someone who had been hypnotized by a small  rectangular object—an object whose apps were programmed by people working for giant companies that stood to profit from getting me to waste my time."

-- Catherine Price

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