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Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
These statistics should give you pause as someone whose brain is not built to thrive in the digital world. Actually, more than this, these numbers should frustrate you. The analog world is where we have historically lived; where we socialize with others, create things with our hands, enjoy the wonders of nature, and otherwise settle down and rechar
... See moreChris Bailey • How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times
Begin by admitting you’re on screens too much, your family is on screens too much, your coworkers are on screens too much, and it’s time to take a step back. Knowing how we respond to stimuli is a good place to start.
Tiffany Shlain • 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
FOMO is good. Being plugged in is good. There is valuable info at all levels from twitter gossip to philosophy books. You should stay plugged in. You can manage anxiety and beat the House without resorting to shaming social platforms into managing attention for you. That's a terrible yielding of agency.
Venkatesh Rao • Against Waldenponding
Today, we are rapidly becoming ‘tech-vexed’ – my word for the gradual yet relentless seduction of computerised life. The COVID-19 pandemic simply accelerated a trend: many of us are now more intimately connected to smartphones than to nonmediated relationships with people. The net result of this insular life is that relationships with ourselves and... See more