Humans 101
A Guide to Restoring Your Sanity in the Age of Technology with More Technology
Technique: Journaling.
Strategy: Completely free yourself from critical restraint and transcribe your disinhibited stream of consciousness. All day and night, jot down whatever idea pops into your head, no matter how immediate, simplistic, vacuous, ridiculous, dim, doltish, absurd, or downright insane it may seem. Let nothing limit the frequency of your diarizing, least of all reason or having given little or no thought to a particular subject matter. What would ordinarily give you pause in all other forms of expression should greenlight and propel you while journaling.
Tool: Twitter
Technique: Conscious Ideation
You’re irritated. Your kids are driving you nuts. Your marriage is in shambles. Your friends are a disappointment. Everything about your life seems like it’s about to explode into a billion pieces — each of which will fight with each other as long as they remain in the same room. But you don’t need to be trapped in the wretched disaster of reality. You can escape to a new virtual life filled with healthy relationships, happy children, a spouse who never brings up your life insurance policy, and a nuclear family that isn’t radioactive. Envision this new life, create cartoonishly…
