Archive - Paper and Smoke

My 2026 Yearly Theme: The Year of Digital Detox

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they’ve consumed too much of something, and they find the very notion of consuming more sickening.

Jan 6 • Joe Casabona

The Rabbit Hole of Futility

Why leaving social media was the best thing I did in 2025

Jan 4 • Joe Casabona

December 2025

I am no Luddite.

Why someone so steeped in technology is digital detoxing.

Dec 6, 2025 • Joe Casabona

Don't Let AI Steal Your Life

This is my AI Manifesto, and one of the reasons I started this newsletter.

Dec 1, 2025 • Joe Casabona

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