> In 2008, I formed a hypothesis that everyone has something to teach you, so the more connected you are, the more you should be able to learn. > By the middle

> In 2008, I formed a hypothesis that everyone has something to teach you, so the more connected you are, the more you should be able to learn. > By the middle of 2017, despite a string of successes in my life, I felt continually depressed. > I had learned what it meant to be hyperconnected: always knowing too much about the thoughts and feelings of too many people. It meant terrible mental health. > What happened to me has happened to hundreds of millions of others. Not persuasive. News junkie inhales beheading videos and feels sad. What humans did this person connect to and learn from? "I'm depressed. It's gotta be twitter's fault"