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RE: Book review. What screens do to us?

in Hive Book Club3 months ago

Oh dear, how I struggle with that screentime. I think that we get so used to the short format content that we loose the track of time because "it's just a couple of reels on Instagram" or "I'll just scroll for a bit on Facebook to get distracted", but in reality we spend hours there, just watching stuff that are not really enriching but definitely are easy to watch...

Probably if the was more information about this topic people would realize how unhealthy it is to be stocked to a screen all the time, but sadly that's not mainstream.

Great post with a great reflection about our society nowadays.

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Binge scrolling! Been there done that hahahaha. There is a sort of burnout at the end of it, don't you feel it? It is like exposing yourself to tons of food without any nutrients, the more you take in the hungrier you get. It is so addictive because it is so easy. With the phone you are one finger away from the entire world which seems so enticing , right? That's the trick that traps many people in, the illusion that something more exciting than one's life happens outside, somewhere out of our reach!
Thank you a lot for stoping by and sharing your own screen experience!

You couldn't explain it better, it's totally like that. And the burnout feeling is so real that makes me not want to binge scroll never again, but like an addict, I fall back at it again

Yes it is an addiction and it wears you down , this is why you feel burn out