Social Media Escape Club
People in my profession say all the time that they can't do their jobs without Twitter, and it drives me so crazy because I think most of them are worse at their jobs because of Twitter. The reason is that Twitter, as do other forms of social media, gets you to lose control of what you care about. You lose that intentionality with your own... See more
Clay Skipper • Ezra Klein’s Formula for a Good Day Involves These Four Things
If I wake up and touch my phone, I’ve already lost hours. Not because I’m browsing social media for hours, but because the mind has already been agitated, made unquiet, and the context switch back into thoughtfulness can take the whole morning. In other words, the addict part of my brain takes over and contaminates my ability to be contemplative. I... See more
Craig Mod • Offscreen Magazine Interview
"We can still build places rooted in clarity and care and connection. I just think that exists in real life. We can still build places that are transformative and more transformative than performative. If we don’t imagine something better and abandon the space, a future will be built for us digitally, completely without our consent, against our interests, and against our human nature. That is a digital pollution theory, you guys."
Since 2015, I’ve felt like social media was an addictive high-speed treadmill, designed to keep us running to exhaustion, getting increasingly worse with each year.
Outgrowing my brand and social media
“You absolutely do not have to be online. Do you know how many people still thrive in the real world? I speak to so many authors and artists who make so many more sales in the real world.”
Amie McNee
https://amiemcnee.substack.com/p/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-not-a-content
" Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. "
Howard Thurman
Thomas Klaffke • Aliveness: Reframing Productivity
“Social media is free because you pay for it with your time.”
simon • The Battle for Your Time: Exposing the Costs of Social Media | Dino Ambrosi | TEDxLagunaBlancaSchool
Seeking out lesser-known voices isn’t just an act of cultural curation; it’s a philosophical stance, a refusal to let attention be the only metric that matters. Because the most interesting stuff usually happens on the margins.
There are no tips, tools, tricks— no gimmicks— No amount of money, lack of it thereof that will save you from the thing that keeps you running back to the noise, to the avatars— and other drugs. It is You