We all suck at the internet
This article first appeared in the Brisbane Courier Mail
The internet sucks and so do we.
There was so much promise. The finest literature, historical texts, scholarly research and artworks are all available for free online. The best of human history and its more widely available than ever before, but nobody, including myself, is looking at it.
Instead we’re on social media, getting jealous of lives people are pretending to lead.
Browser window shopping, for stuff we don’t need.
Checking medical advice, so we can obsess over ailments we don’t have.