intentional tech use pt. 3

2026/10/21

My husband and I bought a secondhand PS4 at the beginning of this year. We've used it to play Wipeout games (a classic series from when we younger) and Nier: Automata. The PS4 has, however, mainly been used as a DVD and Blu-ray player! I've had a small movie collection for years, and I try to expand it whenever I go to thrift shops. My latest expansion was the entire Twilight series. :-)

At some point, streaming services started feeling like a form of mindless scrolling because of the sheer amount of options available. There will always be the feeling of "maybe there's another show or movie that I could check out", cutting your attention span down even further, because there's no need to try and power through your current choice, waiting for it to get good, when you could easily switch to something else. It started reminding me of mindless phone scrolling when I started noticing how long I had remained on the main menu, with the growing agitation of decision paralysis ...Read more