Last night, I consciously stepped away from the digital clamor of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, participating in the “Lights out on Meta” boycott. As I awoke this morning, a wave of panic swept through me. How disconnected have I become from the world, from my own community? I felt a deep unease as I considered how tightly our digital communications are held in the hands of a few powerful men.

Yet, this act of disconnecting is unexpectedly liberating.