On The Death of Daydreaming
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What we lose when phones take away boredom and interstitial time
  • merde alors@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    123·
    1 day ago

    When I was nearly finished writing The Anxious Generation in the summer of 2023, I realized that I had left a gap.

    i hate it when writers do that. Most of the writers wait a couple of paragraphs before plugging, this one starts with the plug and keeps at it :/

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      72·
      1 day ago

      He’s discussing his book because it’s directly related to the topic being discussed. He doesn’t need to plug his book here, it’s spent much of the last year and a half on the NYT bestseller list

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    I do daydreaming before I do nightdreaming before I wish to do the deathdreaming.

    Dreaming is cool.

    (Is this why people can’t just wait a few hours somewhere if it makes sense?)