Your email inbox is a bit like a Las Vegas roulette machine. You know,…

Douglas Rushkoff
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Your email inbox is a bit like a Las Vegas roulette machine. You know, you just check it and check it, and every once in a while there's some juicy little tidbit of reward, like the three quarters that pop down on a one-armed bandit. And that keeps you coming back for more. ✨ In A World That's Always On, We Are Trapped In The 'Present'. Interview with Audie Cornish, www.wyso.org. March 27, 2013.
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