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Cool Stuff Daily

Wed. 03/10 - A Year of the Pandemic WITHOUT the Internet

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Reflections from a man who quit using the internet right before the pandemic started. A meteorite older than Earth was discovered in the Sahara Desert. And playable music videos? How film and music are pulling more and more from gaming both in terms of tech and mentality. Sponsors: Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership at Fitbod.me/kottke Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at lightstream.com/kottke Links: He Quit the Internet 2 Months Before the Pandemic (NY Times) Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth In Sahara Desert (Vice)  This Is a Piece of a Lost Protoplanet, And It's Officially Older Than Earth (Science Alert) A music video you can play: Indie rock inside the Unity engine (Ars Technica) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Kotki Ride Home for Wednesday, March 10th, 2021.

0:55.0

I'm Jackson Bird.

0:57.0

Reflections from a man who quit using the internet right before the pandemic started.

1:04.0

A meteorite older than Earth was discovered in the Sahara Desert,

1:09.0

and playable music videos, how film and music are

1:13.3

pulling more and more from gaming, both in terms of tech and mentality. Here are some of the

1:18.8

cool things from the news today. This past weekend was the National Day of Unplugging. For about

1:27.1

the past decade, it's been a period of 24 hours at the start of March when people around the world commit to not using their devices and taking a chance to chill out away from distractions.

1:37.9

Maybe you took part, maybe you've thought about trying it out sometime, either on the official holiday or any time throughout the year.

1:44.8

I will say it's a great experience. I've been unplugging for 24 hours the first weekend of every month

1:49.8

since the start of the year, and I really enjoy it. In fact, I wish I could do it for longer.

1:55.4

One guy, Aaron Rosenberg, did. He recently came out of a full year of quitting the internet. And yes, you did the math right.

2:04.4

He decided to quit the internet just two months before the pandemic really kicked off in North America.

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