Call Newport. Digital minimalism (№ 426252)

Bill Mar ends each episode of his HBO show Real Time with a monologue. He usually chooses political topics. But on May 12, 2017, Mar looked into the camera and said: Social media tycoons should stop pretending to be friendly nerd gods building a better world, and confess that they are just plain T-shirt tobacco farmers selling addictive products to children. Let's be honest with ourselves: checking likes has become the equivalent of smoking.