[mathgenius]

I agree with this. It's not about "jealousy" towards your friends on fb. It's about feeding the attention-monkey. And the more you feed that monkey the more it wants.

Healthy brains spend time (much time) prior to attention, just being. I like to go on long walks and practice breathing. Dissolving mind and attention leads to great clarity, when the thoughts are needed.

Society as a whole does not seem to recognize the attention-burden, for example, more and more advertising and television images are showing up everywhere. It is not possible to just relax and be, while commuting or getting around town. People seem to assume that this is the way to live. It is not.

[abusoufiyan]

>Healthy brains spend time (much time) prior to attention, just being. I like to go on long walks and practice breathing. Dissolving mind and attention leads to great clarity, when the thoughts are needed.

Yes, there is a reason practices like meditation, physical movements during prayer (yoga, Jewish and Islamic practices of prayer), etc. have lasted thousands of years. The screens are not the first attention-jackers to come around and they won't be the last.

[carlmr]

I'm blocking social media on my phone now (LeechBlock), I mean I know how to disable it, but it reminds me of not doing it. When I activated it I started noticing how often I just habitually check my phone to get trapped in this hole. My rule is now to only use social media when I'm at home on my computer. That already precludes 95% of my social media use, because I'm rarely at home.

I have a smartphone only since I'm 24. I can't imagine what it's like for a teenager growing up this way.

I'm dabbling with mindfulness as well now, and I jog without electronics. Listening to music while jogging isn't really something that has to do with social media, but more about the meditative aspect of jogging.