Jan 272009

There is a new scourge amongst us. A new threat to our health, our emotional state, our well-being.

It has already inflected millions, but as recent sufferer I hope I am not too late to prevent this becoming a pandemic.

tired man For the sake our our families, our friends and our communities.

More potent than any drug, it completely distorts one’s sense of time, place and meaning.

More engulfing than any cult, it demands the sacrifice of all free will.

It creates the most vivid illusion of productivity, while rendering the sufferer incapable of any useful activity.

Indeed, this blog posting was to have been an incisive exploration of UK macro-economic policy and the conflicts caused by over-reliance of the financial sector in a neo-Keynsian world.

But the virus put a stop to that.

It is an invidious infection that, for which there is currently no known cure.

All I can do is plead with you: Just Say No to StumbleUpon.

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  • David Thornton
    Funnily enough Christopher advised me only at the weekend to keep well clear - he said I was interested in too much "stuff" and would never get away .....
  • Yes - that's probably the truth of it. Like any other source of addiction, it's not the agent per se, but the user. The engine's capability and my interest in too much 'stuff' - not a good combination.
  • Like a neophyte dealer, I thought I was sharing a little bag of sweeties. But how wrong I was. It's the beginning of a slippery slope.

    Now, I don't talk to my wife and children, I don't read the news, I am behind with my email, the dog hasn't been fed for days, the great novel of the post-industrial age is laying ignored in a drawer, my five-times-a-week visit to the gym has fallen by the wayside, I didn't go on that climbing expedition I was supposed to lead, and I missed dinner with Angelina.

    I have been taken over by a force greater than The Borg.

    I am now part of the Stumble Collective.

    We will take over the internet. We will take over the world.

    Get ready to Stumble.
  • But you sent me a link to join this recently. I would ask what I have let myself in for but I couldn't be bothered to sign up.
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