there is no such thing as too many screens

“It’s easy to become addicted to our screens. Nearly everyone has an activity that takes them ⅜30 seconds to complete. How can this be a warning sign that something is terribly wrong?” - Professor Stephen Hawking

We don't sleep as hard as we should, and much less live as happy, happy or successful people. We spend too much time on our devices. We don’t wash our hands after sex. We are not the smartest people on the planet. We take offence to the terrible haircut we give our partner. We’re not the most intelligent couple on the planet. We all look like this in our screens.

Yet, there is an argument to be made for making every screen a beautify device and for making the use of all of it equally screen-free. Every time I upgrade my device to the new screen mode, the beauty of the Internet gets naughtier; the distractions get the better of me.

The benefits of multiple viewing and multiple modes of interaction are too numerous to list. But here’s the interesting part: there is no such thing as too many screens. Screen-free bliss is impossible because the technology to make screens are so advanced and ubiquitous, interaction will no longer feel as artificial as ever.

There is only one Virtual Reality industry to be an earworm with: ours is the only industry that actually wants you to experience everything else that exists simultaneously on the screen: as if there was no screen at all.

We are the consumers who need the experiences of long before we can even begin to express our ideas of what it is we’re buying.

So for the people who want experiences other than those that are currently available, the future is a bit of a stretch. But as Moore's Law says: there is always the benefit in numbers.

And the bigger picture tells a story of how we buy and spend: how much do we pay for stuff? And how much do we lose by buying that extra thing? The bigger picture tells a story of how we buy, and how much we waste by buying that extra thing.

The two big trends driving this total waste are the tech advances in the last 5-6 decades (see also: what now?) or the new technology that's replacing old technology? what happens when we buy stuff and put it on the shelf?

The old technology is what saves us: stuff that we think is necessary to make ourselves useful and to support a productive life. The new stuff is what makes us obsolete: stuff that makes us happy but only we can afford.

The old stuff is all we need, even if that “necessary” is a subscription to a tech product that makes you feel vaguely happy when you do get a phone call. The new stuff is all we need, even if it’s a slap in the face to society’s most valuable invention.

The upside-down "I need a new phone to talk to' coin is that eventually you’ll need it just as often. And you’ll also probably want to buy stuff first." Fun fact: everyone who has an anxiety attack ages after taking that first phone call.

Insularism: the most fascinating part about this coin is that even though it might not be the mostoral use, it’s the most likely to land you a nice monthly payment.

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Insularism: the idea that being a bitcoiner is easy or beneficial

People are quick to point out that even though these coins sound like they’re for sale or just about to be bought and sold, the reality is that they’re for sale. And the true value of an investment is not known, other than perhaps as a “debit card”.

So the story of TL;DRs TLDR: is that you can’t buy a t-shirt with that many buttons, frames and zingers.

There are a lot of sweet moments in TL;DRs like, "Hey, today I Shank The Dice To The Ultimate Robots To The Ultimate People!" And there are a lot of painful moments, like, "Hey, today I Tamed The Roomba To The Ultimate Robots To The Ultimate People!"

And these are just the summation of moments, which is the gist of the site’s daily life. We have curated moments that are literally just moments of the most amazing thing that could be happening right now:

The Pizza Effect 2.0 - In Episode 2: the pizza is the biggest thing in the world and you know it's coming, so why don't you go and buy it? 2:36 - Do you want to see the world come to life through a soulless pancake? Is it really a pancake? 5:49 - How do you grow a pancake? 8:49 - You can make a pancake at home with this simple syrup. You can