The Never-Ending Now

Key takeaways §

• The viral content that circulates on social media is often short lived. If we only consume this type of content we risk losing track of the long-standing things of high value

Highlights §

• we live in an endless cycle of ephemeral content consumption — a merry-go-round that spins faster and faster but barely goes anywhere. Stuck in the fury of the present, we’re swept up in dizzying chaos like leaves in a gale-force wind. Even though on the Internet, we’re just a click away from the greatest authors of all time, from Plato to Tolstoy, we default to novelty instead of timelessness. (View Highlight)