Separation anxiety is assuaged by constant connection. Young people an…

Jaron Lanier
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Separation anxiety is assuaged by constant connection. Young people announce every detail of their lives on services like Twitter not to show off, but to avoid the closed door at bedtime, the empty room, the screaming vacuum of an isolated mind. ✨ Jaron Lanier (2010). You Are Not a Gadget, p.180, Vintage
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