How to Be More Connected on the Internet

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i'm lucky that part of my job is to have an opinion. I don't think i'll ever delet twitter, because i want to be involved. But it's so freeing sometimes to just koind tof take that hat off and just sit and watch and let the world go by. And also, i know you talk a lot about buddhism and and having this soof mind that is sort of a free of any sort of thought. You just, youre just living in the questions and, and i really want to live like that more so yet,. i think it's funny to kind of put a little ring fence in your diary and be like, i'm not going

Emma Gannon is a bestselling author, speaker, novelist, and the host of the number 1 creative careers podcast in the UK called “Ctrl Alt Delete”.

Eric and Emma discuss her latest book, Disconnected: How to Stay Human in an Online World

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Emma Gannon and I Discuss Community and Connection in an Online World and…

Her book, Disconnected: How to Stay Human in an Online World
The belief that everyone is creative and need to feed their creativity
The joy and challenge when your creative work becomes your paid work
How our online and offline behaviors and interactions are often not aligned
Connection and how she compares humans to trees
The power of community and connection, both online and in-person
Noticing when spending too much time online leads to emotional disconnection
Understanding self-sabotage and noticing the feelings associated with that behavior
Finding the balance of striving to be successful and happiness
Her thoughts on cancel culture
Her first novel, Olive
The shame and guilt that women often feel for their life choices

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