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Do You Feel Like You’re Losing Your Mind?
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You don’t need to be a psychologist to realize millions of us feel like we’re losing our minds. This article aims to offer you at least one way to improve your life.
You probably feel the same sinking feeling we experience when our brains have had enough information; emails, posts, notifications, online meetings, etc.
A tsunami of data crushes our minds, bodies, and souls into chairs and couches for even more Netflix binging. If you haven’t heard about or read Johann Hari’s new book, I suggest you read it.
“Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention — and How to Think Deeply Again,” by Johann Hari, is a great book. Once you know more about how social media, online data, and your mind is programmed, you’ll be ready to build healthy defenses. What Hari calls “Surveillance Capitalism” is taking a significant toll on us.
The scenario Hari describes reminds me of the 2010 movie, The Social Network. The primary message Hari delivers is big tech has hijacked our brains, and they mine our data to make lots of money at our expense.
Our minds can’t handle all the information hitting us. Studies reveal our screen time has gone up by more than 300 percent. At the same time, face-to-face interaction has…
