Podcast
Pivot
Paul discussed her book, "100 Things We've Lost to the Internet," which documents the positive and negative changes brought about by the internet, exploring aspects of life before widespread internet access. She reflected on the loss of experiences like getting lost and the challenges of being completely disconnected from technology.
What I wanted to do was kind of document all of those changes for better and for worse.
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Paul discussed her book, "100 Things We've Lost to the Internet," which documents the positive and negative changes brought about by the internet, exploring aspects of life before widespread internet access. She reflected on the loss of experiences like getting lost and the challenges of being completely disconnected from technology.
What I wanted to do was kind of document all of those changes for better and for worse.
Books themselves have stayed around.
And I think one of the reasons is that books can be the antidote to a lot of the inattentions and distractions of the internet.
Remember, like before you left someone's house, you had them write down directions and then you had to put the directions like on the seat next to you if, if you didn't have someone holding them.
Those kinds of challenges to go to put a backpack on and go traveling in China for six weeks by yourself and not even be able to make a phone call because you didn't have a phone card.