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• Hey, David. I'm sure you're past responding to comments on this by now. It's been a while since I visited your site but I read this article and wound up writing a meditation on it over at my Substack. Thought you'd appreciate the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/jimhorton/p/tir-na-nog

  April 18, 2026 at 2:50 amCalen

• Love this approach. I chose April and I’m proud that I made it past April’s Fools Day! I’m reading only what hopefully would spark face-to-face conversations!

  April 17, 2026 at 5:47 pmJacqui

• Now I’m retiring I’m removing myself from social media, previously thinking I needed it for my business, and finding every day without I feel more myself, and every acct/app I delete is a weight lifted. Email subscriptions are enough to keep me informed about the things I’m actually interested in at...

  April 17, 2026 at 3:28 amJill

• Thought provoking article, thank you. My iPad tells me how many hours I’ve averaged per day on it, I was horrified at around 4 hours, basically doom scrolling. I retired 4 years ago and on day 1 unsubscribed from Linked In and Twitter as these were work requirements. January this year...

  April 13, 2026 at 7:57 amArnold

• A few years ago, I read the book Bowling Alone. It was written in the 90s and discusses the slow dismantling of our social institutions over decades, as people (at least in the USj become more and more isolated. This was in the 90s! Social media seems to have poured jet...

  April 12, 2026 at 11:41 amSarai