A working theory of problems in the world.

One of the best things that I’ve done recently is try to eliminate algorithmic media from my life. Anything that is designed to get my attention, I try to distance myself from. I have no more Instagram, no more Reddit, and I ingest only news that is designed on a timeline-like framework. This has helped immensely with how I feel about the world as a whole and made me a happier person in general. Though I engage with A.I. tools, they are used in a way that they should be designed to be used; i.e. as a way to save me time. And the more I use these A.I. tools, the more I realize that they have no real purpose. They are merely solving a problem that they, themselves, have created and are working desperately to keep that venture capital money flowing before the economy crashes because of it all.

When you have a bit of distance from these things, you’re able to see the world in an entirely different light. I find my brain functioning a bit more like it used to; almost as if its an echo of the brain that I had before the internet got involved in my life. I am able to focus a bit better (though it can be hard to unlearn the last twenty-plus years of my existence) and I’m able to walk around with a clear head most of the time.