It's tempting to frame this as a willpower problem.
But what if that's the wrong framing?
New edition of An Algorithmic Becoming out now.
The Offline Premium asks: can you pay your way into an offline world?
Read it here: https://t.co/zGYY5ZRk9r
The desire to disconnect is becoming one of the defining aspirations of people who have spent most of their lives chronically online.
Digital detox is no longer a niche wellness concept. It's gone mainstream.
And yet, despite all of that, most of us can't follow through.
We set screen time limits and find loopholes. We attend phone-free events and keep our phones anyway. We download app blockers and discover the incognito window.
I caught up with two old school friends. We've known each other since we were 13 (?) One is a model with 400k followers on IG. One is a researcher who hit 377,000 views three months into starting his TikTok account.
I don't know if sharing stuff here still travels. But hey, it fits the theme of what I'm writing. The world is uncertain, and we gamble anyway.
Here's the link: https://t.co/2yvPKn2Cbr
Iโm exploring that in my latest edition of An Algorithmic Becoming. It's on my Substack, digital field notes. If you're someone keen on reading long-forms about our lives in a tech-saturated world, I think you'd find something you'd enjoy reading there.
Kemarin sempet ngerekam juga obrolan ini! Bisa ditonton atau didengar di sini: https://t.co/pCBOUodDGW
(kameranya ke aku aja biar temen aku bisa tetep anonim hehe)
Salah satu pertanyaan yang sering lewat di kepala dan sebelum ini gak pernah menyempatkan untuk cari jawabannya: Ngapain ya scrolling-scrolling sosmed terus? Sebenernya nyari apa sih? Kalau sekarang jatuhnya udah kebiasaan aja gitu. Buka hp, buka sosmed, scroll, scroll, scroll.
Rasa-rasanya ada banyak hal yang bisa ditulis dari hidup di zaman sekarang yang selalu berkelindan dengan teknologi. Harapan aku digital field notes bisa jadi wadah buat cerita-cerita itu๐๐๐