Imp tier post in the substack article.
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There’s a phrase that’s been living inside my head lately, a brain parasite, some burrowing larva covered in thorns and barbs of words.
People will cheerfully admit that the internet has destroyed their attention spans, but what it’s really done away with is your ability to think.
Until 2020, the average daily time spent on the app kept rising in line with its growing user base; since then the number of users has kept growing, but the thing is capturing less and less of their lives.
They’ll pretend that by spending all day on the computer they’re actually fighting fascism, or standing up for women’s s*x-based rights, as if the entire terrain of combat wasn’t provided by a nightmare head-chopping theocratic state.
Yes, the future is always capable of getting worse.
A sword is against its trends and fashions and against all the posturers in its midst, and they will become out of touch.
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Good piece (except for saying BLM was “an urgent and necessary cause”) and thanks for sharing.
Anecdotally, people in my own circle of friends and family have gotten more offline. Life offline surrounded by loved ones and friends is infinitely more fulfilling, once you allow it to be.
The internet makes a person feel both grandiose and insignificant. It also makes amplified events (like BLM) seem more important than they are, while minimizing events which are more likely to impact you (such as local community stuff).
You will die and be quickly forgotten. Your internet engagement won’t change this. But it can impact your happiness while you’re here. (I don’t believe anything exists but you get my point)
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