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Why searching for presence online feels paradoxical

I googled how to be present and got 847 million results in 0.43 seconds and the speed of that answer felt like the opposite of what I was looking for.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The instantaneous nature of digital information delivery contradicts the slow cultivation of present-moment awareness.

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