I quit or blocked everything besides substack. Lifes too short to give away so much of it to algorithmic garbage. I feel like I am still getting some value out of substack, but if it gets worse I will quit this too. As someone with adhd, I can see clearly how the algorithms are messing with peoples brains. Prolonged doom scrolling will give you adhd symptoms even if you are neurotypical. As I have these naturally, I think I am more hyperaware of how destructive social media is than the average person. Nobody can read a book anymore because their brains are broken from endless short form content. Humanity really fucked itself with social media, sadly.
It's easy to justify these platforms with relevancy. But the cost is definitely too high. Our attention is precious, and we have the power to direct it anywhere, give it to anything. Why give it to knowingly exploitative algorithms? Algorithms designed to exploit our biology...
Needed this! Thanks for the insightful share and read.
I agree. We all need some rest.
I quit or blocked everything besides substack. Lifes too short to give away so much of it to algorithmic garbage. I feel like I am still getting some value out of substack, but if it gets worse I will quit this too. As someone with adhd, I can see clearly how the algorithms are messing with peoples brains. Prolonged doom scrolling will give you adhd symptoms even if you are neurotypical. As I have these naturally, I think I am more hyperaware of how destructive social media is than the average person. Nobody can read a book anymore because their brains are broken from endless short form content. Humanity really fucked itself with social media, sadly.
Thanks for insights it’s totally true & will try to build an Ai agent for the scrolling and if you did let me know 🫶🏼
You are 100% on target here. Very well said. I just wrote my own piece last week making similar points: https://www.godofthedesert.org/p/the-surprising-way-removing-social
It's easy to justify these platforms with relevancy. But the cost is definitely too high. Our attention is precious, and we have the power to direct it anywhere, give it to anything. Why give it to knowingly exploitative algorithms? Algorithms designed to exploit our biology...
Needed this! Thanks for the insightful share and read.