Extreme world views often only exist online, and what to *actually* think of Donald Trump
Have you ever read something online, be it a Facebook post or a blog post, that made you feel extremely irritated and annoyed?
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the attention economy
Lessons from two and a half years without social media
This post is for anyone who is considering quitting social media, curious about deleting their social media accounts, and/or is just intrigued about what life is like without social media in the 21st century. Roughly two and a half years ago, sometime in June 2017, I deleted my last standing social media account, Twitter.
MoreValue your attention
What if we were to value our attention like we value money? What radically changed my relationship with social media, or why I quit social media, was when I learned about the attention economy.
MoreThree digital wellness apps I use to tame my digital addiction
Isn’t it ironic that there are apps designed to help us navigate our addiction to the digital world? Fight fire with fire, I guess. Anyway, as mentioned in previous posts (here for instance), it is entirely impossible for me to use willpower or self-control to manage the time and energy I spend on mindless online activities. […]
MoreNoSurf: A guide for minimizing mindless browsing
My introduction to the /r/nosurf community on reddit happened, ironically, as I was mindlessly browsing through the website, my favourite time passing activity and guilty-pleasure. The subreddit /r/nosurf is a community for people who want to become more productive by wasting less time mindlessly surfing the internet. The NoSurf movement does not advocate for quitting […]
MoreHow to use your smartphone like a hammer
If we used our phones more like a hammer, would our life be a lot better? At least, according to the musical genius himself, yes. Look at your phone as a tool, not an obligation. Would you walk around with a hammer in your pocket? You would pick up a hammer when you needed it. […]
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