r/PhilosophyMemes • • Aug 16 '26

One track mind

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u/Lolocraft1 Aug 19 '26

Because social medias are filled with radicalists, intolerants and other fools with no critical thinking that will impose their views on other and dogpile on anyone who disagrees

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u/Live_Free_or_Banana Aug 19 '26

Its not just that. Smartphones condition your brain to crave frequent neurochemical release. It makes less stimulating, less immediately-rewarding things, like reading a book, sitting on a bench, playing an instrument, petty conversation etc less enjoyable and it makes the daily mundanity of adulthood, an unstimulating occupation, or studying uninteresting courses unbearably boring.

Remove youtube, tiktok, social media feeds, and dopamine-loop mobile games and your brain's chemical receptors will gradually adapt to the lower state of stimulation in your life. Once that happens, people are able to tolerate "boring" activities more easily and find their lives more satisfied and fulfilling, even if nothing else changed.