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That is the first lie of the digital age: If you don’t hit “save,” it isn’t real.

But I have also lost the ability to be bored. To stare at a wall. To have a thought that isn’t immediately formatted for consumption. That is the first lie of the digital

We are trading depth for reach. Wisdom for virality. Silence for notifications. That is the first lie of the digital

Be kind to your other self. The one in the cloud. It has no hands to wipe its own tears. It has no heart to feel its own joy. It only has what you give it. That is the first lie of the digital

But.

Give it silence. Give it space. Give it permission to be unfinished.