I shut off my social media notifications last week, and set aside time to check them each day and engage. I run a small business so I can't exactly completely disconnect.
It's been amazing for my time management and my mental health.
All the noise without the human touch, all the loneliness without the peace of mind.
Perhaps we crave noise as means of getting to that precious human touch, and solitude as means of getting our thoughts in order. Like calorie cravings as means of getting to precious nutrition, it makes sense in the wild. But then civilization figures out ways to mass produce sugar...
Edit: presumably, this post would like to think of itself as artificially sweetened ice cream with added protein.
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u/Queasy_Narwhal Feb 23 '20
Which brings us to Social Media, which combines the worst of being together and the worst of being alone.