Nothing like a bad podcast to shake you awake and make you ask "holy shit, why can't I just be with my own thoughts instead of constantly substituting with someone else's?"

yeah my headphones are noise canceling

canceling the noise in my SOUL

contemporary loneliness is unidirectional

atomized individuals have no shortage of Content and Emotion and Intimacy to consume

but are completely alone when it comes to expressing any of that themselves https://twitter.com/thinkagainer/status/1285249038284185603?s=20

this kind of loneliness seems to mute and dull people

if you don't have the chance to sharpen and test and articulate and feel heard,

you become unaccustomed to articulating, sharpening, speaking

you habituate yourself to being a passive conduit https://twitter.com/thinkagainer/status/1285245604042604546?s=20