Changing jobs is a very radical suggestion. But I think people who are stuck sometimes need to recognize how much agency we really have.
Your point about how we pick and consume media since 2014 echoes some articles by Sam Kriss. He says we've gone through three phases since the infinite information age began:
1. The hipster - a human sorting algorithm looking for quality
2. The nerd - a person who essentially leaves their taste up to the algorithm
How quickly it all changed. At the turn of the century, "online" life was barely a thing for most of us no matter our age. I remember it. It was a good life. A full life.
Thank you for sharing this. I would agree that moving offline is indeed not a "luxury" at all, but an essential *choice* for us to make if we hope to retain control of our time, our attention, and our minds. The framing of the decentralization of constant connection and digital intoxication is nothing short of a lazy, thoughtless attempt to either excuse one's own lack of ability to discipline their use of tech OR big tech's attempt to give us all an false sense of security and to feel better about our incessant tech usage. I appreciated this, thanks!
Changing jobs is a very radical suggestion. But I think people who are stuck sometimes need to recognize how much agency we really have.
Your point about how we pick and consume media since 2014 echoes some articles by Sam Kriss. He says we've gone through three phases since the infinite information age began:
1. The hipster - a human sorting algorithm looking for quality
2. The nerd - a person who essentially leaves their taste up to the algorithm
3. The zombie - best explained by the first few paragraphs of brain rot here. https://samkriss.substack.com/p/in-my-zombie-era
Yes. Changing jobs is radical. That’s why I call it the final frontier of digital minimalism.
My overall point is the agency one. We can do hard things and learn new paths in our digitally dominated world.
How quickly it all changed. At the turn of the century, "online" life was barely a thing for most of us no matter our age. I remember it. It was a good life. A full life.
Thank you for sharing this. I would agree that moving offline is indeed not a "luxury" at all, but an essential *choice* for us to make if we hope to retain control of our time, our attention, and our minds. The framing of the decentralization of constant connection and digital intoxication is nothing short of a lazy, thoughtless attempt to either excuse one's own lack of ability to discipline their use of tech OR big tech's attempt to give us all an false sense of security and to feel better about our incessant tech usage. I appreciated this, thanks!
Heck to the yeah, I appreciate your candor here Jose.