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The Internet shapes my life and work so completely that I couldn't imagine living without it.

I do find real life a bit overwhelming sometimes. I'm totally chaotic.

Rather than bringing me closer to others, the time that I spend online isolates me from the most important people in my life, my family, my friends, my neighbourhood, my community.

I'm amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.

If we are paying attention to our lives, we'll recognise those defining moments. The challenge for so many of us is that we are so deep into daily distractions and 'being busy, busy' that we miss out on those moments and opportunities that - if jumped on - would get our careers and personal lives to a whole new level of wow.

There are enormous dangers in thinking that the world online is the world as it exists, that what you get from your one stroke on the Internet is all there is to know.

I worry that if whatever pops into your head at any instant immediately goes online, you lose the crucial time for your thoughts to simmer and evolve and build up nuance, depth and empathy.

I think it's important to have as many experiences as possible in life because one day you won't be able to do it anymore.

The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.

The day I woke up and Reddit was working on its own was just the most incredible feeling.