The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
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I need better assistants. These two are lazy.
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Hahah! I want one
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A white bird holding a miniature ladle in her beak, posed as though she is stirring the miniature red pot in front of her. She stands in a toy kitchen.
Today might be rough, so take this bird cooking tiny pastas.
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I've assembled a team of the most horrible perverts and criminals you've ever seen and we're going to fix this country
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Bill the Pony 🐴
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Harbouring a secret passion for my co-worker and I am really feeling Mulder and Scully's pain rn
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“Holy infant so tender and mild” will never not be funny, don’t write lyrics when you’re hungry.
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Walking into the last Friday of 2024 like
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Preach!
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He's an 11?
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Happy Thanksgiving Guys!!
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