I recently committed to leave every social network that consisted mainly of people being mean to each other. And now all I have left is this place. I have no thoughts worth sharing on whether there was ever a benign intent behind social media, but in the words of Cal Newport, these platforms tell you that “all of your frantic tapping and swiping makes you a key part of a political revolution, or a fearless investigator, or a righteous protestor – that when you’re online, you’re someone important, doing important things during an important time.” But in reality “you’re toiling anonymously in an attention factory.” And for free no less.
