The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again

by Catherine Price

existential malaise

Instead of being consumed by the fear of what we might miss if we were to put down our phones, we should think about all the things we definitely miss when we pick them up.

the more complicit we become—the less we’re able to slip into flow, be our authentic selves, and experience True Fun.

Just as too much sunlight makes it impossible to see, too much information makes it impossible for us to think.

The lonelier we feel, the more we gravitate toward things that will make our loneliness worse—a category that includes many of the most popular apps on our phones.

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.)