In this brilliant essay, Andrew Sullivan confronts his addiction to technology, pursuing meditation to “live in reality.” Along the way, he reminds us that we’re dying by distraction. We’ve read these kinds of articles before — how we’re overstimulated by the Internet and our devices, how we need to get back to our roots before the information overload takes all of our humanity away. But this piece is particularly well written and entirely worth your time (despite all your various demands).