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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. A thought-provoking essay.

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2020, 06:51 PM

Jul 2020

The pandemic is making mediation more attractive and perhaps more possible, even though at the same time we need on-line connections more than ever because they're about all we have.

I like his description of Twitter as "the instant blogging of microthoughts." I'm keeping that.

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Andrew Sullivan's Advice for Beating 'Distraction Sickness" [View all] pbmus Jul 2020 OP

A thought-provoking essay. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #1

The first time I heard about Twitter misanthrope Jul 2020 #3

Yes, it's pretty hard to express a complex thought in a sentence or two. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5

LOL, right?! If you have something to say pnwest Jul 2020 #6

Lunch where the first person to use their phone pays the whole bill misanthrope Jul 2020 #2

When cell phones first became more common, about the early '90s, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #4