time and headspace

Here are some instances of me using the beast to ponder or offer advice on the beast. Most are pulled from the boss beast itself, Facebook, and the first is pulled from my first blog paranoid momdroid (the blog is now unpublished, too much cringe).  You'll note that my skepticism and distrust of our online spaces has always been healthy, and you'll also note that I'm still here. I stay because after 15 years, detangling is not so simple, and because I've invested this much time watching the slow motion social car crash, why look away now. And, not to brag but I gotta say, in all humility, I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.  April 6, 2010 - paranoid momdroid post titled "The Internet is Ruining Everything" (Note from my current self, please excuse the excitable writing style.) During a recent conversation about whether the internet ought to be a basic human right, I was struck by a thought:  we're devolving. Oh my god, we're totally devolving and it's the inter...