Brain Dump Part 1
On Sunday night I watched the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, and afterward promptly deleted facebook, instagram, youtube, and tiktok from my phone apps. I turned off notifications. I unplugged the charger and plugged it in on the other side of the room. I have been addicted to my phone for awhile now. I have listened to countless podcasts about the social media rabbit hole and how it is radicalizing people with their AI algorithms cloistering people into ever more secluded corners of thought. My addiction to my phone has affected my relationship with my husband and my daughter. I have gone through many cycles where I made conscious decisions to put my phone down, or leave it in a different room so that I could be present in the moment only to relapse into endless scrolling; at the dinner table, in the car on a family outing, as soon as I woke up every day. Rinse and repeat. But watching that documentary tell me what I alread...