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Hi Alan, just came across this. Terrific essay. I've been thinking about the effect that a lot of technology and society's frenetic pace is having on people's psychology, but also how they interact in real life. I eventually had to delete most of my accounts as I accepted I have limited willpower. Have you read the sociologist Sherry Turkle? I'm eventually going to read her "Reclaiming conversation". Part of the reason I came across this essay was because she mentions in the book that she thinks social media and smartphones are simultaneously making people less truly connected to others in real life, yet also not ever giving themselves the opportunity for true solitude and idleness.

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