internet boredom

I get an ironic enjoyment out of reading screeds or complaints or jeremiads or concerned missives about the dangers that the internet and constant over-connectivity are bringing, especially when I find them online via link aggregators like Arts and Letters Daily. But there is a lot of truth in this line:

The truth is that we are often bored to death by what we find online—but this is boredom on the installment plan, one click a time, and therefore imperceptible.

That should be the new motto for this blog.