Things We've Lost To The Internet

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

From phone calls to blind dates to punctuation to civil discourse, the internet has changed every aspect of human life. While some losses are insignificant, the rise of the internet has also resulted in larger repercussions, like shorter attention spans, a collective inability to sit in solitude, and the the utter demolition of personal privacy. On today's show: A conversation with author and New York Times columnist Pamela Paul about the ways in which the internet has fundamentally changed human existence. Here's a preview: [8:00] Do humans need to experience boredom once in awhile? (Absolutely yes, and here's why) [14:00] Not-so-thanks to the internet, the past no longer stays in the past [20:00] The hive mind and queen bees: Does the internet hamper independent thought? [27:00] Parenting implications associated with the loss of the kitchen landline [35:00] Ruminating on the disappearance of the phone call Resource mentioned: 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected].

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1:00.8	Well, hello there, listeners and welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 470 of sustainable
1:10.8	minimalist.
1:12.0	This is a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living. of Sustainable and Sustainable and Ecorely Minimalist Living.
1:15.0	And on today's show, we're discussing things we've lost to the internet.
1:20.0	So if you're a younger listener, certainly younger than me, you may not remember a time before the internet
1:25.7	took over our daily lives.
1:27.8	However, I remember a time before the internet because I'm almost 40. I remember a time in which on a weekend
1:37.1	morning a Saturday morning let's say I woke up my eyes popped open I
1:41.8	lounged in bed. I listened to the birds I perhaps rolled back over and
1:46.8	snoozed for 15 more minutes I stretched I enjoyed the quiet of brushing my teeth getting out of bed. So slow lazy
1:57.5	mornings. That image of the pre-internet Saturday morning Stephanie is so deeply contrasted with
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