In a “normal” office type job you have meetings, all hands events, off sites, corridor and break room encounters, canteen discussions. For many anons, it has been years eked out online, working in conditions that are abnormal for humans.
This last week I only opened my laptop for ten minutes to do one errand, and It wasn’t missed. I am finding it getting harder to force myself to answer emails. We naturally limit our conversational load in person… one at a time, wait your turn, don’t interrupt.
The day the normies need our support will be a relief on many levels, not least the resumption of normal face to face relating. Being in the digital realm too much, at least for me, ends up as a kind of aversion therapy. The information addict’s fix is like normalising porn on screen while saying in person sex is weird…
Will we even want to give social media our prime focus five or ten years from now?
Well for myself, I cut back on social media drastically the past thirteen months. I began oil and acrylic painting again and the joy has come back into my life. I go in my studio, get creative, time doesnt exist and I generally feel peaceful.
