It's a decent headline and it's true.
Unless we take specific actions to use our phones deliberately, we will be following our basal instincts that are triggered by all the apps we use. The same applies to computers, iPads, and any other devices that serve us for content consumption and creation. This one of those topics that we all are aware of but seldom do anything about, I included.
In researching this week's newsletter, I found some great tools that can help us take charge of our devices. Did you know there is a Chrome extension that can eliminate Facebook's newsfeed and sidebar/notifications? There's another extension that will eliminate the suggested videos sidebar on YouTube. There is a site that allows you to clean up your Twitter account so that you can be more mindful of the voices you're paying attention to.
I think most news is noise, but I did find some sites that provide unbiased information or at least a broad spectrum of news sources with partisan labeling so you can see the biases.
I saw The Social Dilemma on Netflix, and it was frightening to have the curtain pulled back on how the social media companies operate.
Unless we take specific actions to use our phones deliberately, we will be following our basal instincts that are triggered by all the apps we use. The same applies to computers, iPads, and any other devices that serve us for content consumption and creation. This one of those topics that we all are aware of but seldom do anything about, I included.
In researching this week's newsletter, I found some great tools that can help us take charge of our devices. Did you know there is a Chrome extension that can eliminate Facebook's newsfeed and sidebar/notifications? There's another extension that will eliminate the suggested videos sidebar on YouTube. There is a site that allows you to clean up your Twitter account so that you can be more mindful of the voices you're paying attention to.
I think most news is noise, but I did find some sites that provide unbiased information or at least a broad spectrum of news sources with partisan labeling so you can see the biases.
I saw The Social Dilemma on Netflix, and it was frightening to have the curtain pulled back on how the social media companies operate.
Social media may connect you to your friends, but the social media platforms are not your friends.
This is the topic of this week's Be Wellthy newsletter.