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maybe we did something weird to ourselves when we decided to cope with life by constantly stuffing our eyeballs with the outputs of other people's imaginations
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if streaming services function as an acceptable substitute for the unacceptable contents of one's own imagination, perhaps twitter similarly functions as an acceptable substitute for the unacceptable contents of one's own thoughts
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i was looking at the wiki page of some famous author or other and the story of their life involved being inspired by a *single* book they read and were utterly consumed by and i wonder if we've made it too difficult to be consumed by a single work of art in this way
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commentary on "why not social media / twitter"
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several people have asked why not include social media - i do think it's important to include social media in a general "dopamine detox" and i do notice a dazing effect from spending too long on twitter that i don't like. this is more of a "video detox" twitter.com/QiaochuYuan/st…
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