A reporter confesses to his burnout

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David Roberts spent a decade at the online magazine Grist, but now he's taking a year off, having overdosed on social media: "I know I’m not the only one tweeting in the bathroom. I’m online so much that I’ve started caring about 'memes.' I feel the need to comment on everything, to have a 'take,' preferably a 'smart take.' The online world, which I struggle to remember represents only a tiny, unrepresentative slice of the American public, has become my world."

August 27, 2013

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