In this episode we’re going to follow-up on Part 1 of our conversation on social media. This week we’re going to hit home a bit and talk about how addicted we are to the media, and then offer some suggestions on how to detox. Whoa, here we go, another big-time strap in time this week, Stu…

 What is the roguish way to alter the future? www.humanetech.com

Addict: : “one exhibiting a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity.”

The Power

• Realize how powerless we are and have given over our power to SM et. al.
• Seek the strength of a higher power
• Better use of your time?
• Target your focus/relationships/conversations away from SM

The Social Dilemma documentary on Netflix

• Turn Off Notifications
• Remove Toxic Apps
• Remove Facebook → Message friends with Signal‍
• Remove TikTok → Send video messages by direct text or with Marco Polo‍
• Remove Snapchat → Get creative in Text instead‍
• Remove Instagram → Use VSCO for photography

Download Helpful Tools

• Get more sleep and remove blue light →Flux‍
• Track your screen time & change habits → Moment‍
• Reduce distractions → News Feed Eradicator‍
• Stay focused on your goals → Flipd‍
• Practice mindfulness → Insight Timer

Eliminate Outrage from Your Diet

We vote with our clicks. Don't support sites that pollute our cultural environment with vitriol via clickbait and outrage.

• ‍Unfollow outrage-chasing voices on Twitter → Use iUnfollow
• to clean up your Following. Start fresh and intentionally choose the voices you expose yourself to‍
• Unfollow outrage driven Facebook Groups →Check your Groups > Settings > Following‍

Remove sharply polarized media outlets from your news feed. Follow Voices you Disagree With.

• ‍Check news sites whose perspectives you disagree with → AllSides
• gives readers a cross-partisan view of world events covered by the media, and sustains itself on a consciously created hybrid revenue model to avoid bias and clickbait incentives.

Be Compassionate

• Pause → Remember there’s a real person behind the screen: Don’t be so quick to unfollow or publicly argue with someone who posts something you disagree with‍.
• Try a private message to ask why they feel that way, with genuine curiosity and a desire to understand.        

Set Boundaries

• ‍Clear your morning & evenings → Set clear bounded blocks of time without technology‍
• Device-free dinners → Play a game where the first person to check their device does the dishes‍.
• Create a shared charging station at home → Charge your family's phones away from bedrooms overnight‍.
• Buy a separate alarm clock → Wake up without getting sucked into your phone first thing in the morning

Fully Disconnect 1 Day Per Week

• ‍Pick a date and let your friends and family know you’ll be offline → Or better yet, invite them to join you

Remember the Positive

• Take screenshots of the positive messages you receive to store in a folder on your phone → Let the rest go. Tech warps how our brains receive feedback, and we can fight back by remembering the positive.
• Practice cultivating gratitude for others and using technology to share your love → Send a special video to a friend with Tribute or Montage

Support Local Journalism

• Don’t force your local newspaper to play social media’s clickbait game. Support your local newspaper directly by paying for a subscription so that we can remain the customer, not the product. Democracy doesn’t work without healthy journalism.
• Take Control ‍Find your local newspapers and support them → USNPL directory
• Upgrade your membership on platforms that provide meaningful content.