isn't it true that any form of addiction is bad for you? instead of focusing on the "phone" part, maybe we should think of addiction as any other form of illness and build detection and prevention capabilities in a generic manner? otherwise, we will keep seeing - X addiction is bad, where X can be social media, porn, news etc.
I recently did the following and have never felt better
- deleted (not just deactivated) social media accounts. The only accounts left are LinkedIn, HN and Reddit. (I use them for professional/intellectual reasons so I doubt I will delete them)
- I no longer keep phone next to me while sleeping.
- blocked access to all "news" websites- cnn, fb, twitter
I had been been on journey to digital detox anyways (disabled all notifications everywhere etc) but getting rid of social media definitely felt better than anything else.
I recently did the following and have never felt better
- deleted (not just deactivated) social media accounts. The only accounts left are LinkedIn, HN and Reddit. (I use them for professional/intellectual reasons so I doubt I will delete them)
- I no longer keep phone next to me while sleeping.
- blocked access to all "news" websites- cnn, fb, twitter
I had been been on journey to digital detox anyways (disabled all notifications everywhere etc) but getting rid of social media definitely felt better than anything else.