Busy Corner Text Media Report
Digital detox too extreme? How about trying a gentle “hack” to boost your focus and calm your mind?
In Stolen Focus, Johann Hari talks about how social media/entertainment acts like goggles, altering how we see the world. Each platform makes us perceive life differently:
-Facebook Goggles: You see life through nostalgia, filtered perfection, and endl
... See moreOn the other side of our algorithmic anxiety is a state of numb-ness. The dopamine rushes become inadequate, and the noise and speed of the feeds overwhelming. Our natural reaction is to seek out culture that embraces nothingness, that blankets and soothes rather than challenges or surprises, as powerful artwork is meant to do. Our capacity to be m
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