The Internet Personified: Sparking joy (but without Marie Kondo)
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When's the last time you went out with people--friends, colleagues, family, whatever--and left your phone in your bag the entire evening? When's the last time you didn't fill a gap in your day, a silence, a pause before everything picks up again, by not picking up that screen, thumbs scrolling, eyes glazed but reading, mouth slightly open, as you refresh feeds over and over again, look at pictures of people doing other things, connect to people across the globe with your index finger: heart, retweet, like, comment? When's the last time you started your day without grabbing your phone off the bedside table, searching for what happened while you were sleeping: what fresh disaster, what new update, what have you missed?
The Internet Personified: Sparking joy (but without Marie Kondo)
The Internet Personified: Sparking joy (but…
The Internet Personified: Sparking joy (but without Marie Kondo)
When's the last time you went out with people--friends, colleagues, family, whatever--and left your phone in your bag the entire evening? When's the last time you didn't fill a gap in your day, a silence, a pause before everything picks up again, by not picking up that screen, thumbs scrolling, eyes glazed but reading, mouth slightly open, as you refresh feeds over and over again, look at pictures of people doing other things, connect to people across the globe with your index finger: heart, retweet, like, comment? When's the last time you started your day without grabbing your phone off the bedside table, searching for what happened while you were sleeping: what fresh disaster, what new update, what have you missed?