Internet Detox

“A few years ago, I began to fear that the caustic mechanisms of the internet were eating away at my brain, turning me into an embittered, distracted, reflexively cynical churl. Since then, I’ve done everything I can to detox. I consulted app blockers and screen-time monitors to keep me offline. I even got my news from print newspapers in order to experience a slower, more deliberate presentation of media.” 

—Farhad Manjoo, technology writer, “You Should Meditate Every Day,” The New York Times, Jan. 9, 2019.

 

• Editorial Comment: Wait a minnit, bub. Let’s not go overboard.




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Women’s March, 2018, Eureka, CA

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