Relating with social media
On why social media won't save us and my personal journey to healing from its scars
Relating with social media
On why social media won't save us and my personal journey to healing from its scars
In a 2017 interview, Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker said:
“The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, … was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’ And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while. […] It’s a social-validation feedback loop … exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.”
Rebecca Jennings for Vox Media
And so we get on the Facebook merry-go-round, boosting our posts, counting our followers, and creating ever more content in the hope of being noticed. There are so many other ways to make an impact and earn trust. Much of what we take for granted in our marketing toolbox was considered a risky innovation just a few generations ago. It’s worth
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Ah, the age old question!
On the idea of idleness. Of actively not doing in response to a world where everyone is obsessed with doing as much as possible.