Screen Addiction
making a screenshot collection of articles, comments, images, etc., to fear-monger myself out of using my phone and doomscrolling
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Chris Pine on Josh Horowitz’s Podcast
We are acting like mindless insects
Mina Le’s Video Essays
her video essays are TOP TIER! she lays out her ideas in such a clear way, they’re very well-researched and her videos are beautifully made. her videos specifically talking about tech really motivates you to be more wary about it’s negative impacts.
a screenshot from the film Wall-E
the image of us humans being unable to look away from the screen might have been dystopian in 2008, but fast forward to the 2020’s in which this is becoming the daily reality for most of the population
ads alone are a reason to stop using a platform
I HATE ADS!!! I understand that yes platforms and content creators do ads so that they can continue to deliver amazing products/contents however as a viewer you have to be aware that listening to ads after ads after ads will rot your soul
Gabriel Basso on deleting instagram after learning what the top of mountain Everest looks like
I really like his point! the internet has a way of simplifying big achievements into a video that spans only seconds. this in time might numb the viewer since constantly seeing this type of content will water down the achievements by taking away the novelty, the curiosity and excitement making the viewer overtime not as motivated to chase something
An article by Aaron Couch on the use of phones during a movie
the urge to use your phone in the middle of a movie is bad enough but when even the ones where movies are their PASSION are also falling for this habit 😣 and even though I’m not a film student i do remember those fun movie days at school where you can truly lose yourself when watching now i sometimes pause the movie to get a dopamine boost from a quick scroll
Students finding it hard to read long books
I’ve heard this a lot but no there is plenty of time to complete even 200 page book in one week, I think its because we have now considered things like scrolling on tiktok/reels to be an actual activity that needs its own time in our day
