## Notes - i think it's good description of being aware of the difference between the physical and online world, and how the latter now heavily influences the former - i resonate with their idea on how [[Social media has become our default thinking system]] - thank you for sending this because ## Highlights There’s a profit motive, of course. Always remember, the sole purpose of a corporation is to make profit. The product or service they provide, their customer base and their “mission statement” are all completely fungible and interchangeable. The only thing that _has_ to be there _no matter what_ is profit. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb1m9mj1wzz1v1hb1yvftebt)) ^4e0u18 When you instinctively commit your spare time to Twitter, you leave less space for dynamic, uncurated, unoptimized thought. Twitter is a _harvester_ of your attention. It is a carefully constructed thought _modifier_, and it is hell bent on consuming your conscious experience for its own purposes, even when you log off. It’s proactively designed to blur the boundaries between online and offline experience, hacking your most basic need for human connection to suck up as many hours of your day as it can. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb1mpm8k8yk29jkkstz0zbxd)) ^bur2f9 _Twitter for me became like a malignant form of telepathy where I got to hear the most irrational contemptuous sneering thoughts all day._ _But the problem wasn’t all the hate being directed at me. The problem was the hate I was beginning to feel. Hate probably isn’t the right word, its more like disgust or despair._ **_Twitter was giving me a very dark view of other people and the fact that I believed and still believe that it’s a distorted view wasn’t enough to inoculate me against this change in my attitude._** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb1msed0nxbss59dj23ny39v)) How much brain space is occupied by consuming outrage about things you can’t control ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb1mvdq6022pv6wtntcs7e9q)) When life makes you laugh, it is important to first _laugh_ before trying to envision the Tweet that would cause you to accurately imagine what you _just experienced._ ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hb1mwc9kgaqff2b4m4s45wa4)) - 💭 recording concerts