Francesco
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Francesco
it strikes me as a little bit hypocritical to create social media campaigns that engage people and keep them using the very platforms you believe are unhelpful or unhealthy.
Is Digital detox for social media managers is the impossible dream?
Cruel optimism, social media and big tech
Exactly what I went through when I said enough social media marketing work. No thank you.
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
Gurwinder • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
VERY unpopular opinion:
Humans were never meant to be this busy that’s why everybody is anxious and depressed.
Darshak Ranasubstack.comr/oneliners
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creativity boost for those days I need to write and I’m feeling uninspired
The Road to Digital Unfreedom: Three Painful Truths About Social Media | Journal of Democracy
Ronald J. Deibertjournalofdemocracy.org
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”
― Jeff Hammerbacher
Cruel optimism, social media and big tech
+ spend as much time as possible staring at their phone/app + collect as much data as humanly possible
Be wary of dismissing self-delusion entirely. An intelligent person might conclude its worth their time to delude themselves a bit in order to feel the agency to accomplish something else.
On why “smart” people engage in ritualistic, irrational practices
“It’s probably ironic that teaching economics to artists is what reminded me so much of the limitations of the market economy and the importance of connection and generosity. Artists are often in a position of being asked to be generous, of having to put something out there before they get something back. Artists extend the invitation first, and
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