full write up: https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-distortion-and-disruption-of?s=w  Our lives are mostly a result of the content that we interact with. We are (sort of) an average of the five people that we spend the most time with. The things that we read and watch and the people we talk to end up shaping our world.  And that is compounded by !algorithms! that *also* determine how we see the world. We end up tying ourselves into our online worlds because that is where we exist for most of the day. Like sure, we might have a running group or in-person work environment, but most of us are inherently online beings right now.