One of the things I read and hear over and over is how things feel different to people. A phrase that keeps coming up in n supposed great thinker's writings is that "this moment in history feels different". I hear people commenting on how something is "making history". Marketers overuse the idea to draw attention. Young people are stressed out to the point of having supposed anxiety disorders. Why?
I think it's because fewer and fewer people in America are actually living. People disappear into heroic roles in games, mercilessly killing for hours in an effort to eke out another stop of dopamine in their brain. More people walk around augmenting their reality with hate- and vulgarity-filled music and podcasts. We binge watch shows that used to be designed for a season but are now designed to keep our attention for hours.
The reason this "moment in history" is different is because I'm in it! I'm living my life instead of watching/listening/reading about someone else's life.
And because this life is a unique experience it feels different from the artificial reality marketed to us.
So live you life! And remember: future people will look back and wonder why this stuff we're doing was so important to us. Live!
