I read the transcript first and then took in the audio and I just love when a crossover happens between two minds I found separately. As a UX researcher in my day job I love seeing how UX is evolving as folks get out of school.
But really the big thing that hit me was the whole “being curious” and “having all the thoughts of humanity in my head” and it really resonated with my own unhealthy social media tendencies.
This is really helpful! I would love to read the “leftist’s guide to staying off your phone” but the link isn’t working for me- is it working for other folks?
"And if you look at the way that people interact with their devices and you think that that's addiction, you're very sheltered and you should go outside and meet some people who are actually addicted to drugs, because this isn't addiction,3 and comparing it to addiction is ignorant, and people do it for clickbait."
Comments like this kept me in a cycle of addiction to screens/endless feeds/etc for a decade. I agree that the word addiction is used to encompass a wide variety of things but just because one is less severe in terms of immediate & obvious life-threatening behaviors doesn't mean it is not an addiction.
At the height of my addiction, which in total lasted from ages 16-26, I was spending 8-10 hours a day scrolling, watching videos, compulsively checking this or that. I wanted to stop but I felt like I could not. I did not have any friends. I was extremely anxious and depressed. It tanked my self esteem, my functioning at my job. I was not taking care of myself. I could go on.
Finding a therapist that took me seriously and treated this like the addiction it is has been life changing and I am finally down to 1 hour or so of mindful screen time a day.
I am also a leftist and queer, and I do appreciate a lot of what you've shared here, but wanted to offer my take on that part.
some people are well and truly addicted like myself. pretty weird imo to urge people to keep their smart phones? how about actually getting involved in the real world political networks local to you WITHOUT infusing those spaces with toxic social media dynamics
I've never come across such a well-balanced approach to the topic, its always you're either against or for social media/ technology in general. So thank you for this it's given me a lot to think about
I read the transcript first and then took in the audio and I just love when a crossover happens between two minds I found separately. As a UX researcher in my day job I love seeing how UX is evolving as folks get out of school.
But really the big thing that hit me was the whole “being curious” and “having all the thoughts of humanity in my head” and it really resonated with my own unhealthy social media tendencies.
Great interview!
This is really helpful! I would love to read the “leftist’s guide to staying off your phone” but the link isn’t working for me- is it working for other folks?
It's working on Google Chrome for me!
I was able to read it in chrome browser on android phone.
Its a browser issue - I can't do anything about this without making a custom webpage, which I don't have time for. Try it in a different browser.
Ooh yeah I had the same issue on my iPhone / safari. What a bummer
"And if you look at the way that people interact with their devices and you think that that's addiction, you're very sheltered and you should go outside and meet some people who are actually addicted to drugs, because this isn't addiction,3 and comparing it to addiction is ignorant, and people do it for clickbait."
Comments like this kept me in a cycle of addiction to screens/endless feeds/etc for a decade. I agree that the word addiction is used to encompass a wide variety of things but just because one is less severe in terms of immediate & obvious life-threatening behaviors doesn't mean it is not an addiction.
At the height of my addiction, which in total lasted from ages 16-26, I was spending 8-10 hours a day scrolling, watching videos, compulsively checking this or that. I wanted to stop but I felt like I could not. I did not have any friends. I was extremely anxious and depressed. It tanked my self esteem, my functioning at my job. I was not taking care of myself. I could go on.
Finding a therapist that took me seriously and treated this like the addiction it is has been life changing and I am finally down to 1 hour or so of mindful screen time a day.
I am also a leftist and queer, and I do appreciate a lot of what you've shared here, but wanted to offer my take on that part.
Id love it if this was uploaded to youtube if possible, audio isn't accessible to me but youtube provides autocaptioning!
I really enjoyed the transcript
some people are well and truly addicted like myself. pretty weird imo to urge people to keep their smart phones? how about actually getting involved in the real world political networks local to you WITHOUT infusing those spaces with toxic social media dynamics
I've never come across such a well-balanced approach to the topic, its always you're either against or for social media/ technology in general. So thank you for this it's given me a lot to think about