All the Smart Intrusions: Death by a Thousand Cuts

We can’t pretend it’s okay when it’s not

Jodi Barnes, PhD
Nov 1 · 6 min read

This is not about Taylor Swift’s song. This is about living with electronic devices, motivated by yet another unsolicited email.

This one isn’t so bad: Photos of Taipai, Dubrovnik, San Francisco skylines… I linger on Cape Town because half of the frame is mountains. Inexplicably, I…

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