benepla:

tilthat:

TIL Verge magazine paid a technology writer to spend one year without going online in order to discover “what the internet has done to me over the years”. In that time he wrote half a novel, lost 15 pounds, and found the lack of constant stimulation drove him to do things he cared about

via reddit.com

lmao I made the mistake of reblogging this before reading it and this TIL is totally off the point. he accomplished a lot but the article is mainly about how the year was a failure. He didn’t reach enlightenment, he quickly lapses into bad habits without technology, and found hinderences in his mental state bc he couldn’t accessibly reach out to people.

Read the article it’s good and there’s a McElroy cameo