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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Editor's Note: I used ChatGPT to help me be less of a windbag. The intent, if not the exact phrasing, is entirely mine.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Setting The Scene&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In my &lt;a href="https://playingwithquicksilver.net/posts/the-only-winning-move-is-not-to-play/"&gt;previous
post&lt;/a&gt;
I wrote about my waning interest in contemporary politics due to the
disproportionate toll it takes on my time, energy and well being.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The terminus on that journey of realization turned out to be the simple concrete
act of turning off a bunch of politics streams I had coming into my information
feed. Among them were a number of &lt;a href="https://substack.com/"&gt;Substacks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://playingwithquicksilver.net/posts/substack-considered-harmful/"&gt;Read more…&lt;/a&gt; (4 min remaining to read)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>cuulture</category><category>internet</category><category>online</category><category>problems</category><category>society</category><category>substack</category><category>writing</category><guid>https://playingwithquicksilver.net/posts/substack-considered-harmful/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:21:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>