Bit Rot (Douglas Coupland)

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Even the smallest amount of time not being engaged creates a spooky sensation that maybe you’re on the wrong track. Reboot your computer and sit there waiting for it to do its thing, and within seventeen seconds you experience a small existential implosion when you remember that fifteen years ago life was nothing but this kind of moment. Gosh, maybe I’ll read a book. Or go for a walk. Sorry. Probably not going to happen.