[tripper_27]

hey, I hear you. Modern America is full of voices demanding you give them care/attention.

Every.

Single.

Thing.

It is overwhelming. See following comments on the need for slack/margin in capacity. Well, we also need it in emotional demands. Yet every commercially-moderated interaction in our society seems to be optimizing for making us care more about it, because that increases their revenue.

[_carbyau_]

This is why I recently fell in love with libraries. It is one of the few places where ads/manipulation to part you from your money is extremely limited and the demands are so chill.

"Want to borrow a book? Ok." "Don't want to? Ok. Whatevs."

And even analysis paralysis is overcome with: "Why not both! Borrow two whole books!"

[moolcool]

I really resent how our collective attention has been so commoditized. Advertising lies at the core of so many of our problems, and I'm not sure how we can come back.