My kids are super pouty because I won't get them cell phones. They get enough screen time, between video games and YouTube, they don't need the additional brain-rot of social media. I'd rather they experience their environment naturally, even if it makes me seem like a fuddy-duddy. Eventually they'll be old enough to get a job and pay their own cell bills, but until then they must suffer boredom.
It's too bad kids don't understand how valuable boredom really is for healthy development. So many good things can cam from being bored once in a while
Spot on. I feel like we've let social media conquer us as a society and steal away our collective soul.
I've had the dilemma of needing a Twitter account for my journalism day job and hating social media at the same time. I used to post relentlessly on Twitter until a couple of years ago when I realized just how unhappy it made me feel wasting all that time. Pulling back social media usage to an occasional thing isn't easy at first, but it pays off in the long run.
I hear you about needing social media for work. When I was running my copywriting business, I felt like I had to keep up a several different social media channels, including Twitter. Being able to give that up was a huge bonus for switching careers.
no argument here...the promise of social has turned decidedly dystopian. We didn't realize what we were doing to ourselves when it came up...it's even scarier now that most of us don't care.
Thank you Jason for your attention worthy newsletter edition!! I even took a break from exhibit work to catch up on your newsletter! I do find it wildly wonderful how it is possible on the Internet to discover new-to-us people doing things worthy of attention... but I think it depends on the person doing the looking as to whether they're self-directed enough to resist clickbait rage merchants and find the people doing worthy things. Perhaps the internet is rather like an estate sale. One person only sees old junk while another person ignores the junk and looks till they find a valuable antique. 🤷♀️
Back in 2012 I decided to write and post a poem each day for a year. It made me notice the world more, because I was constantly looking for a new poem. That helped me a lot.
Another thing... we were roaming the streets of Paris the other day. With the family. We have an app, created by a street artists called invader. You can scan artwork to see if it's his. If it is, you score points. What it does, is that it makes paying attention to your surroundings a game. It's fun, and it makes us roam the city with our eyes wide open. And yes, I find poetry hidden there as well.
My kids are super pouty because I won't get them cell phones. They get enough screen time, between video games and YouTube, they don't need the additional brain-rot of social media. I'd rather they experience their environment naturally, even if it makes me seem like a fuddy-duddy. Eventually they'll be old enough to get a job and pay their own cell bills, but until then they must suffer boredom.
It's too bad kids don't understand how valuable boredom really is for healthy development. So many good things can cam from being bored once in a while
Back when my kids would occasionally complain of boredom, I'd say: That's a great sign! It means you're just about to have your next Good Idea!!!
Spot on. I feel like we've let social media conquer us as a society and steal away our collective soul.
I've had the dilemma of needing a Twitter account for my journalism day job and hating social media at the same time. I used to post relentlessly on Twitter until a couple of years ago when I realized just how unhappy it made me feel wasting all that time. Pulling back social media usage to an occasional thing isn't easy at first, but it pays off in the long run.
I hear you about needing social media for work. When I was running my copywriting business, I felt like I had to keep up a several different social media channels, including Twitter. Being able to give that up was a huge bonus for switching careers.
no argument here...the promise of social has turned decidedly dystopian. We didn't realize what we were doing to ourselves when it came up...it's even scarier now that most of us don't care.
I think you're right that fact that so many of us don't care is terrifying.
Thank you Jason for your attention worthy newsletter edition!! I even took a break from exhibit work to catch up on your newsletter! I do find it wildly wonderful how it is possible on the Internet to discover new-to-us people doing things worthy of attention... but I think it depends on the person doing the looking as to whether they're self-directed enough to resist clickbait rage merchants and find the people doing worthy things. Perhaps the internet is rather like an estate sale. One person only sees old junk while another person ignores the junk and looks till they find a valuable antique. 🤷♀️
Back in 2012 I decided to write and post a poem each day for a year. It made me notice the world more, because I was constantly looking for a new poem. That helped me a lot.
Another thing... we were roaming the streets of Paris the other day. With the family. We have an app, created by a street artists called invader. You can scan artwork to see if it's his. If it is, you score points. What it does, is that it makes paying attention to your surroundings a game. It's fun, and it makes us roam the city with our eyes wide open. And yes, I find poetry hidden there as well.
(more about the artist on his website: https://www.space-invaders.com/home/ )