--- Meg Shields, in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ And How to Survive Being Very Online, July 2022, pointing to (referencing?) a video essay by Thomas Flight
Excerpt
The internet is a place of endless curiosity and community. But it’s also overwhelming to be bombarded with a constant stream of information, political causes, and entertainment. The internet is silly, stupid, anarchic, tragic, and meaningful. And not all of it can matter equally to you. Our little monkey brains weren’t built for that. And part of what Daniels’ film is saying, as the video essay below underlines, is that determining what does and doesn’t matter to you in an attention economy is a life-saving step for surviving in the world post-Internet.
