Social Validation, Financial Survival, Freelancing, and Tech Addiction

Steven Parton
Sep 1, 2018 · 7 min read

The allure of technology has long been its sense of empowerment: it could help you learn more, communicate better, and live more easily.

But that promise seems to have been quickly tainted. Every day I find myself and others around me in conversations about trying to “get away” from technology, like it’s a beast that is hunting us down, our…

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