What a Month Without Web Surfing Taught Me About Life

The complex realizations that a simple experiment revealed after stepping away from digital devices.
What a Month Without Web Surfing Taught Me About Life
Without the constant pull of screens, ordinary moments become unexpectedly meaningful. Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images
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There’s a point at which too much freedom becomes slavery. An excess of options leaves the mind paralyzed and distracted, unable to focus on what really matters. Nowhere is this more true than in the realm of technology, with its sleek, frictionless environment, tempting us with its myriad delights 24/7, just a tap of the finger away.

One would think the internet would offer humanity greater freedom than we’ve ever known. But that isn’t the case. Unlimited access to news, information, videos, articles, games, social media, and movies—an infinite mental playground— grows irresistible to the point that we can become shackled to it.

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Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Before becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master’s in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, “Hologram” and “Song of Spheres.”