You’re Reading This Because You’re Addicted to Information

Our research-induced, online black holes are changing who we are

Cassie Archdeacon
GEN
Published in
7 min readDec 2, 2019

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Illustration: Carolyn Figel

RRoughly 45 minutes into an online search for a vegetable peeler, I looked away from my screen to realize the kitchen had grown dark and the day turned to night. I thought to myself, this is a problem.

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Cassie Archdeacon
GEN
Writer for

Writer and MFA student living in Brooklyn with my boyfriend, our imaginary dog, and our family of houseplants. @cassiearch