Sylvester Sam

“We want to be interrupted, because each interruption brings us a valuable piece of information. To turn off these alerts is to risk feeling out of touch, or even socially isolated.”
― Nicholas Carr, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

“One of the great challenges of today’s digital thinking tools is knowing when not to use them, when to rely on the powers of older and slower technologies, like paper and books.”
― The Penguin Press, Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better

“Even in Siberia there is happiness.”
― Anton Chekhov

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running