Exit the metaverse with me!!!
Quitting social media is soooooo last year
Hi there,
Reality > Screen Time.
Five things to share:
If three years of living without social media has taught me anything it is that I like it like that. My Instagram is scheduled for deletion thirty days from today! If you have been thinking about deleting social media— Oops, sorry I meant the metaverse— let’s do it together, in spirit.
Quit social media is a short video from Cal Newport, the man who never signed up for Facebook and never got on the social media train, that inspired me to delete social media back in 2017.
A quote I want to share with you:
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
— Mary OliverI bet it’s not mindlessly scroll.
You are most likely a cyborg and you don’t even know it.
Do you have a smartphone? You’re a cyborg.
Do you use a computer? Or the web? Cyborg!
More generally, if you use digital and networked technology today, you are a cyborg.
Slavery 2.0 and how to avoid it: a practical guide for cyborgs
A question for you this week: See #3
That’s all for this week!
Thank you for reading, and please share with anyone you think may benefit.
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Until next time,
Mehret
At the beginning of this year, if anyone would have told me I would be back on LinkedIn, let alone enjoying it, I'd say they were drunk, high, or a combination of the two. Alas, here I am.
Not that I think social media is inherently, or even largely, good. Rather, I am seeing if one can find the benefits to social media, especially in regards to a career change, it's worth finding out what that looks like. However, when it comes to Facebook, Instagram, and such? I think there's too much collateral damage, so to speak, to make my time on there worthwhile.