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> I get nothing out of Twitter. Absolutely zero value. Still, apparently, I can't live without it. That's a problem.

Knowing nothing about you, the way this sentence is put is the most disturbing part. If you can’t live without it, at least it fills a hole in your life and that’s as much value as you could expect from anything.

How many things do you do in a day where you can put a crystal clear value on it? I mean, I’m writing this and I’d be hard press to come with a valuation, and I also don’t think it matters much if I don’t find any.

If looking at Twitter reduced your life expectancy by 25% we’d look at it differently, but from your description it doesn’t feels so.




Life expectancy isn’t the only metric we should care about. Life satisfaction is arguably more important.

…as I sit here on my phone at 1 am, responding to comments on HN for no particular reason other than worthless internet points, I guess, moderately depressed and anxious, despite having an objectively pretty great life.




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