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The Internet seems to create an illusion of productivity. Perhaps this is in part because we use our screens so much for school and work (and during the COVID pandemic, even more so). The problem is that the Internet doesn’t actually increase productivity when you factor in all the wasted and unproductive time we spend on our screens. This is not to mention all the glitches, lost passwords, Internet outages, and other technical difficulties that we experience. There are estimates that 80 percent of the time we spend online is not for productive purposes, and much of the time we spend online is related to surfing or scrolling around, social media, pornography, video gaming, sports, shopping, or other intoxicating behaviors that devour time and attention without our being aware of it.