Going Cold Turkey

Back in the 2010s, I thought it was simple. I’d just dip in and out. Just a couple of hours a day, nothing too intense. “I’ve got this”, I’d chuckle to myself, convinced of my absolute control of the situation. Then, as more time passed, I became like a network of wires, tangled and foreverContinue reading “Going Cold Turkey”

Why Faster Was Prescient

Written in 1999 by New York author James Gleick, Faster was ridiculously ahead of its time. Gleick, a brilliant science writer with a particular focus on technology and its sociological impact, postulated that the internet and the speed of progress was going to be corrosive, creating a collective burnout. From examining the time people tookContinue reading “Why Faster Was Prescient”