For millennia, humans have mistakenly believed they were their egos — that little voice in our head. And for millennia, we suffered whenever our ego didn’t feel important enough. Today, we’ve created a new mistaken identity for ourselves to which we’ve become attached. So now, we have our ego and our DIGITAL EGO. We’ve become a species with split personality disorder, which is a very chaotic and disturbing mental state to be in.

Just as our ego seeks out materialism, our digital ego chases after digital materialism. Now instead of craving clothes and cars, we’re craving likes and follows. Instead of real friends, we want Facebook friends. And instead of talking with people, we argue with strangers.

Any kind of hyper-stimulating digital technology shortens our attention span and diminishes our appreciation for what is happening around us.

When we have less appreciation, the entire quality of our life changes. We go from peacefully enjoying the moment, to thinking, “When will this be over? What’s next?”

Life won’t always be as exciting as what’s on our screens. Sometimes it’ll be thrilling and sometimes life will be waiting in line at the bank. Both are parts of life.

We can either try to escape life, or we can embrace it. But those escapes, those artificial worlds, will never be as good as the real thing because escaping is stressful and exhausting.