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The Contradiction Machine
I wrote a post last year about how the Apple halo had fallen away and that I was done with iOS. A few months before that, I’d written about privacy being something worth protecting. Before that, I defended app …
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I Rent My Entire Life
After I wrote about the things I stopped caring about, someone replied on Micro.blog with something that stuck with me. The issue isn’t just consumerism, they said, it’s the expectation that we should have access to …
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AI Is The New Middleman
Apple’s notification summaries told BBC readers that Luigi Mangione had shot himself. They told others that Rafael Nadal, a married Spanish man, had come out as gay. They told darts fans that Luke Littler had won a …
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The Things I Stopped Caring About
I used to have opinions about everything. Which note-taking app was best. Whether the iPad could replace a laptop. What the right phone size was. Which task manager struck the perfect balance of power and simplicity. …
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What Boston Will Cost Me
My wife hasn’t complained once. I need to say that upfront because everything that follows might make it sound like she has. She hasn’t. She’s rearranged her mornings, handled events alone, picked up the slack on …
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Letting Go Of The Old Web
Google’s search results are now so bad that appending “reddit” to every query has become a mainstream coping strategy. People are actively routing around the search engine that was supposed to be the gateway to all …
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Social Media Health Warnings
In a trial covered by Platformer, KGM’s lawyers have likened social media platforms to a “digital casino,” offering visitors irregular dopamine hits via infinite scroll, autoplay videos, beauty filters, and algorithmic …
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The Sidelines Are Sterile
“The loser has more in common with the winner than with the person sitting on the sidelines.” - James Clear There’s a version of this post where I pretend to have some deep insight about this quote, wrap it up in a …
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The Only Digital Detox That Worked
Becca Farsace did something I’ve been circling for years. She left her phone at home and went out into the world carrying a Hasselblad, a notebook, a pen, a cassette player, and a book. Directions written down. Phone …
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Staring At Your Shoes
There’s a David Goggins clip that keeps doing the rounds where he talks about staring at his shoes for 30 minutes before getting up and going out the door for a run. The man everyone holds up as the pinnacle of mental …
