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My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

by Alex Ellis alexanderell.is 3 min read

I’m declaring defeat. Infinite scroll has won. There is an endless supply of interesting things to consume online, and there are teams and teams of very smart people working very hard to get me to keep watching. One more video means one more metric counter incrementing, one more engagement click, one more step towards…

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