ever seeking a right-fit life
Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress following the Cambridge Analytics investigation. At one point, Senator Lindsey Graham asked if there was an alternative to Facebook. Zuckerberg dodged the question until Graham bluntly asked, "You don't think you have a monopoly?" Tech companies, such as Facebook, don't necessarily drive up prices for... Continue Reading →
Imagine an experiment in which a lab rat is running through a maze, hoping to find a bit of cheese at the end. The creature will go to great lengths to achieve that small dopamine hit, and to avoid the electric shock at the end of the wrong path. As simplistic as this scenario seems,... Continue Reading →
Five years ago, I deleted Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Last year, I deleted all content from my Facebook—every status, picture, like, and interaction. This week, now that—hopefully—the backup archive of my life has been reduced to a null, I plan to permanently delete Facebook. It was easy to delete the feed of news blips and... Continue Reading →
existential ergonomics 