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Your feed is a traffic jam

Letter #72 • August 8th, 2023

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Welcome to today’s edition!

We’ll analyse how our social media feed has evolved - and how we can re-enchant social computing. We’ll also look into whether the drug comparison is adequate for our tech tools. Finally, we’ll see one of the simplest, most straightforward tip for digital well-being.

Enjoy!

- Clo

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🌳 Rooted reads

​No exit — every feed is a traffic jam​

This short and impactful article analyses what has become of our social media feeds, and reminds us that the social web has more joyful alternatives available to it - for instance, some that build on the strength of collaborative environments.

​Why comparing technology to drugs isn’t simply a question of addiction​

In last week’s edition, I shared an article that looks into technology as a tool for emotion regulation. This week’s article deepens this investigation, drawing from drug research to explore technology’s potential as a mood-regulator.

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🌱 Seed for growth

Putting a hairband around your phone?

I spotted this post on Twitt-X a couple of weeks ago. It suggests leaving a hairband around our phone at all times, to be more mindful of our screen time. “You can still pick up calls, but it makes everything else just hard enough that you’ll have to think twice before unlocking it.” Would you try it?

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