A book passage nails what being terminally online feels like
teropa · x · 2026-10-25
A highlighted book passage describes refreshing data-visualization dashboards and drowning in news and papers, feeling a blend of "hyper-informed hysteria and trance-like inertia" that has become "the default emotional tone of the twenty-first century." Widely shared as a perfect description of being terminally online.
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