For me, the internet is like a fetid lake that looks uninviting from the shore – but surprise! The temperature is perfect. I enjoy swimming in the lake, but my enjoyment is undermined by the fact that I am often forced to swim for long periods of time, because of my job as an ABC journalist. Once or twice, I have nearly drowned. Sometimes I have to swim to shore without a lifejacket.
What I’m saying is that I have a complicated relationship with the internet. I’m quite active on Instagram, a minimalist on Twitter and a lurker on TikTok. I never made firm friends with the YouTube algorithm and I read an unholy amount of news and analysis, which is just such a bummer. I vacation on Reddit and the occasional Substack. Crypto scares me, even though I own some. I’m banned from games because I’m such an addict that I once failed a semester of university by playing that much Mario Kart.
