Hamish Macdonald

And I think that probably provokes things in all of us.

So it's not like you're kind of free of that.

But I definitely think I've re-established a relationship with long-form reading.

So books, you know, magazine articles, all that sort of stuff, in a way that I think is healthier.

When I want to tune out or calm down, I'll just go and sit on a couch with a book.

And I only do physical books.

I know, you know, e-readers and all the rest are fantastic.

But I just think, and in fact, I've learned through this doco series that reading

There is something different going on in our brains when we read a physical book compared with something on a screen.

And that doesn't fix everything.

It doesn't solve any of the problems.

But I think if you can have a healthy relationship with things in the real world, even if those things are fictional, that's probably healthier than some of the other options.

Yeah, absolutely.

I didn't do a very good job of explaining it, did I?

It's been a big journey over the last couple of years, basically, to travel the world and Australia just to try and –

find out both what's happening broadly in the world that's diminishing, damaging our grip on reality, but also to find out what's happening in our brains.

Because I think we all can sense it's doing something to our brains, but is it actually changing something?

And the short answer is it is.

Foreshadowing a rant.

Look, I think wherever you come from, wherever you're listening to this, you'll have examples of this in your own community, in your own maybe school or work environment or just the town you live in or the city that you live in.