Villages aren't delivered like DoorDash. The foundation of genuine community isn't proximity or shared interests, but recognizable commitment—the visible investment that shows others you're building something that will outlast convenience.
It rots your brain. It's designed to be addictive. It's an attention extraction mechanism, converting your time into corporate profit. Social media extracts your attention, your patience, and plants anger in its place. Video platforms industrialize the process. blink. Thirty-three minutes have passed. Sometimes, you'
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