Becoming Dispossessed: Stepping Away from Twitter

I am taking an extended, perhaps permanent, break from Twitter. Here are my reasons.

I encourage you to begin by reading Paul Kingsnorth’s short story, written in the form of a letter: The Basilisk. He makes the case that our smart phones are like the mythical basilisk, a beast which kills you when its eyes lock with your eyes. He argues that these devices, combined with the very addictive content created specifically for them, such as …