Deetox

04/06/2018

“It’s about learning how to have a day without technology, realising that the world doesn’t collapse when you’re not in touch with social media.” 📵📴🤳

Like a reverse Pimp My Ride for smartphones, the trend in phone-sabotaging hacks signals a growing desire for tech that doesn’t suck all our attention

01/06/2018

"It's not a drug, but it might as well be. It does the same thing." 📵📴🤳

The Center for Humane Technology wants to liberate us from tech addiction—and that starts with the people, not companies or Congress.

29/05/2018

Google is finally tackling the digital addiction problem! 📵📴🤳

Google today announced it was adding new features called Shush and Wind Down to the upcoming Android P operating system. Both features are updates to Android’s existing Do Not Disturb mode, intended to make it easier for users to disengage from their phones. Shush is a new gesture to activate Do N...

14/05/2018

"The more we use social media, the less happy we seem to be." 📵📴🤳

Scrolling through Facebook might be one of the worst things we can do for our mental health.

11/05/2018

Richard Branson wants you to take a break!
"If you’re finding it hard to be in the moment because you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed, don’t be afraid to take a break to recharge." 📵📴🤳

It’s all too easy to miss out on the important moments in life because you’re too busy staring at your phone. Richard Branson takes a phone call before going kitesurfing Image by Seth Webb So let’s all put down the phone and ignore social media for a whole 24 hours. Along with Virgin.com, H....

11/05/2018

When the best player for digital detox Tristan Harris likes your content! 😱🙏😍 Thanks!

07/05/2018

"In addition to concerns about privacy, electoral influence and online abuse, social media seems like it has many of the qualities of an addictive drug." 📵📴🤳

Researchers have found some troubling parallels with addictive drugs.

07/05/2018

Notifications on your phone are red for a reason. This colour stimulates your brain and made you check the notification. 📵📴🤳

Emotions and attention are tied to color perception, so what if everyone removed the color from their phones? In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, se...

04/05/2018

"More and more, it’s clear these platforms create divisions, exploit our insecurities and risk our health. They’re as bad as the to***co industry" 📵📴🤳

More and more, it’s clear these platforms create divisions, exploit our insecurities and risk our health, says novelist Matt Haig

02/05/2018

Tristan Harris is our best player here! 💪

"We actually have to change the thing that we are exporting to the world, which is distraction, outrage, slot machine-style rewards, constant stimulation, social validation, making it harder for people to tell what’s true." 📴📵🤳


PS: There is a podcast of the interview so you can listen to it, in case you're lazy to read it all. Ahah

"Technology feels disempowering because we haven’t built it around an honest view of human nature," says tech critic Tristan Harris.

01/05/2018

"In short, we’ve lost control of our relationship with technology because technology has become better at controlling us." 📵📴🤳

Tristan Harris, a former product philosopher at Google, is determined to find the answer.