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by harwoodleon 1837 days ago
What if the cure was to not stare at a screen all the time?

Pretty obvious, despite the gains in other areas, technology is having a significant and largely detrimental effect to the mental health of all generations. Not even to mention that the cognitive algorithms on most web platforms can be manipulated for greater interaction (addiction?) or worse weaponised for political ends.

Teen suicides are up, self esteem for millions of people are through the floor because of ego battles on Instagram. Porn addictions on the rise, with a new generations thinking pornhub is normal.

The best part of this is that they registered an invention to fix the problem.

Here’s my invention: turn it off when you don’t need it.