No More Internet

"it allows us to get really comfortable wasting a lot of time."<p>And then the article fell completely to pieces. If you view your time searching for new information as a "waste", then you're going to end up in a world of self inflicted ignorance.<p>We have the capabilities of sifting through bleeding edge information that shapes our lives on a daily basis with the internet. The act of ignoring this blatant fact is to effectively censor your own education. Why not just try to stay away from all of the meme loaded bullshit that the internet has to offer instead?

Every time I see a post like this (including Paul Miller over at the Verge), it reminds me of an obese person suddenly deciding to go anorexic. You know what the problem is? It's not the food. It's self-control, plain and simple.

I program every day. I live on the internet. I blog (privately), plan projects, work on said projects, and inhale information probably 15 hours per day- sometimes more (I don't sleep much).<p>A week ago, a lightning strike took out my internet. I didn't react this way at all.<p>I don't remember being bored except for the last day, when I was waiting for the Ethernet to USB adapter to get here (My Ethernet port was damaged, along with my modem and router).<p>I read a book. I watched the history channel. I drank some coffee and spent some time with my family. I read another book. I got a hair cut.<p>This isn't a problem with what the internet allows you to do. It's a problem with what you do with your time.<p>Edit: My boredom on the last day can probably be attributed to the maker habit of not getting into something when interruption is imminent.

I think the internet is more boring than any outside activity. Sure, it's an easy and comfortable way to get information and communicate with each other, but I see it mostly as a tool. I think the internet gets overused by the most people. A lot of people, even here at work, are online on Facebook, because they don't want to miss anything. But what would you miss if you doesn't read thats a boring day for someone, someone liked your newest image upload or something else? I don't understand this weird behaviour, but maybe it's just me doing sth. wrong.

Interesting until "we still have our phones." From what I observe while commuting current smart phones are very amenable to wasting time on the internet.