“I used to have to sit down at my computer with intent.
I was taking time to go do something online.
And it felt more like hunting or exploring.
Nowadays it’s much more often a passive experience of consumption.
Scrolling on my phone hoping something interesting will come to me via one of the few sites I regularly visit.
I could still go hunting for the niche stuff,
but it’s just so easy to scroll a little bit more.”
Day: 2 May 2024
“I’m old enough to remember when the Internet wasn’t a group of five websites, each consisting of screenshots of text from the other four.”
