Lexy Twidell’s Reviews > Notes on a Nervous Planet > Status Update
Lexy Twidell
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"A picture of a pipe is not a pipe, as Magritte told us...a status update about a day in the park is not a day in the park. And the desire to tell the world about how happy you are is not how happy you are." P.103
"That is the biggest paradox, I think, about the modern world. We are all connected to each other but we often feel shut out. The increasing overload and complexity of modern life can be isolating." P.138
— Feb 25, 2021 05:57PM
"That is the biggest paradox, I think, about the modern world. We are all connected to each other but we often feel shut out. The increasing overload and complexity of modern life can be isolating." P.138
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Lexy Twidell
is on page 92 of 288
"While you are reading this book you might also be painfully aware that you aren't reading other books. And I don't want to stress you out too much but there are a lot of other books" p. 74
...yep, that's pretty much how I'm feeling right about now. But it's also rare that I'm not feeling that way. And even more to his point, it's usually when I'm scrolling social media, wondering why I can't seem to stop...
— Feb 22, 2021 09:25PM
...yep, that's pretty much how I'm feeling right about now. But it's also rare that I'm not feeling that way. And even more to his point, it's usually when I'm scrolling social media, wondering why I can't seem to stop...
Lexy Twidell
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"It's sometimes feels as if we have temporarily solved the problem of scarcity and replaced it with the problem of excess." p.14
— Feb 19, 2021 05:34PM