Outsmarting My Smartphone
“I worry, sometimes, that in some afterlife, I’ll be forced to watch myself from my phone’s perspective: some years-long montage of all the moments where my mouth was half open, where my finger gluttonously typed, where carpal tunnel blossomed, while behind my head: life whooshed by” – PJ Vogt, Search Engine I’ve wondered about similarly…
Emotional Whiplash: The Unseen Cost
The capacity of our attention spans has been slowly chipping away. This is not a new concern. It has been a source of anxiety since the earliest days of the internet. But what was once a slow erosion has accelerated ninefold in the short-form era. The mindless rhythm of endless scrolling, paired with the easy…
A Cultural Lexicon in the Digital Sphere
“An affix is a linguistic or physical element attached to something else. It generally refers to a letter or group of letters added to a root word to change its meaning, or the physical act of sticking or fastening one object to another” – Merriam Webster A productive affix is one that can still be slapped onto new…
ASHLEY ROMAN 