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If you subscribed online, you would have created a password; if you subscribed over the phone, a password would have been given to you. In this superb essay, renowned critic Sebastian Smee explores the fate of the inner life in the age of the internet.But today, with social media, wall-to-wall marketing and the agitation of modern life, everything feels illuminated, transparent.We feel bereft without our phones and their cameras and the feeling of instant connectivity. Even when I put my device aside and attach it to a charger, it pulses away in my mind, like the throat of a toad, full of blind, amphibian appetite.” Sebastian Smee, We are all doing it, aren’t we? Even when I put my device aside and attach it to a charger, it pulses away in my mind, like the throat of a toad, full of blind, amphibian appetite.It gets hard to pick up a book, harder still to stay with it. To reset your password, click here and follow the prompts You will need to sign in to the website every time you visit, and the app every time you wish to download a new issue.Each issue of the Quarterly Essay will be available to view online and to download via the app on the date of publication.Your app will also store issues that you have previously downloaded.The app will not automatically download each issue.You will need to log in using your username and password to download the latest issue.Download app for i Pad/i Phone from i Tunes Download app for Android phones/devices from Google Play Managing your subscription You can use your online account to manage your subscription.