A blog, wow! So 1990's! Why and what for?

Three reasons: first, the dynamics of Facebook, with its binary like/dislike discourse and time-wasting attractiveness, is no longer merely distasteful. It's truly harmful: narrowing friend communities to hysterical echo chambers, facilitating fake news, creating destructive and expensive feedback loops for small businesses. It's a two-dimensional reality that allows for no quietude (I exist only if I click), no nuance, no reflection or meditation, no evolution of our human-ness…