http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1274438.stm

My word for the month is “cyberchondria” or what the BBC calls “Google printout syndrome.” Megan O’Rourke upgrades it to “concern, fueled by consulting ‘Dr. Google,’ that escalates into full-blown anxiety” in her Atlantic article “Hypochondria Never Dies.” (probably behind a paywall)

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I love this quote from an article for The Atlantic about “producing engineer” Steve Albini who passed away this week at 61. Writer Jeremy Gordon:

“… one of my final questions was how he hoped his work would be regarded, should he have to retire tomorrow.

I don’t give a sh*t. I’m doing it, and that’s what matters to me—the fact that I get to keep doing it, that’s the whole basis of it. I was doing it yesterday, I’m gonna do it tomorrow, and I’m gonna carry on doing it. Other people can figure out if they were happy about that, or not. I don’t care what they say; I’m doing it because I find value in it. .

The Atlantic, Jeremy Gordon, May 8, 2024, THE MANY LESSONS OF STEVE ALBINI

(This would be my response to why I continue pursuing the more esoteric aspects of Past Lives work, which has much less public awareness or interest.)

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