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Adam Gussow's avatar

Little did we know that social media, especially Twitter, as-yet uninvented in the late 1990s, were what "The Matrix" was prophetically warning us about. Your wise, incisive, but also peace-inculcating meditations take us by the hand and walk us straight out of the belly of the beast--and for that I'm grateful. More than once in the past couple of weeks I've started to comment on somebody's tweet, then realized that what was being pulled out of me, incentivized by the format, wasn't just not my best self but was entirely unneeded snarky or snark-adjacent crap. I'd retained just enough presence of mind to lift my head, realize what was going on, and discard my reply, unsent. Four or five times this has happened. The matrix is right there, beseeching us. Thanks for helping us see and feel that.

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Louisa Lemos's avatar

I'm a huge fan of Peterson, but I absolutely agree with you here. Thank you for your precise and thoughtful words.

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