Ty Segall Quotes

To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary 'surfing' and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.

People are always looking at their phones and computer. It's the first place people turn in the morning and where everyone's keeping in touch and getting their news.

Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.

You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone.

I try to stay away from all the blogs and messages boards.

I turned off my Google alerts in 2009 as I learnt that following yourself on the Internet very quickly becomes unhealthy.

My kids are in front of the computer 24x7 despite having all the parental control. There is no way to stop the flow of information. The flow of information is too fast and too much.

Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you.

I think it's a bit silly to brand the Internet as the 'downfall of youth.'

The Internet, in general, I find troubling. The anonymity has made us all meaner and dumber. This thing that was supposed to bring us closer together, I see it doing the opposite.

I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.

I've been reading a lot about what the Internet does to our brains.

It is true that a lot of people are easily distracted online. As a result, too many of us have given up on digital audiences for ambitious work, and this is a mistake.

Social media can be so damaging.

We're all trapped in the digital world. It's filled with cat videos, and you have to dodge comments about how much you stink.

Every once in a while I need a break from Instagram; like six hours long.

I've seen the negative impact social media can have, particularly on younger players, who grew up with Twitter and Instagram as an integral part of life.

I feel social media can be very distracting, unhealthy, and harmful to one's self-confidence. I don't even log on to it on my phone except when I post something on Instagram.

I am so appalled by the whole social media thing. I don't get it; it doesn't appeal to me. Neither does a computer or working on a laptop.

Technology is cool, but you've got to use it as opposed to letting it use you.

One day I hope to not have a Twitter, to be sick enough that I don't have to use the Internet.

I try to stay off Twitter.

Facebook and Twitter are like a horrible digital plague.

I'm hardly a smartphone addict. I rarely look at social media.

I'm scared of the Internet. That's not real, but it is. I'm worried about what it's doing to us.