For anyone feeling more contemplative today https://kamshin.com/how-big-tech-is-killing-productivity/

"Hostile By Design
Social media applications have one denominator in common:
they are engineered to keep you engaged, captive, unable to move away.
Features like endless scrolling, autoplay, automatically switching to the next video are a time trap that I can still see acting on me, even after doing a lot of ground work to get rid of those annoyances.

We have become digital cannibals as a species, putting ourselves on exhibition on social media to be consumed by others, looking for ephemeral fame while Big Tech takes all the profits.
[...]
Well, we certainly have to live with the times to some extent, but
there's a nuance between advertising what you do as a human being on an occasional basis, and falling prey to doomscrolling.
By the way, let's not talk about AI Slop.

But it would be too easy to shoot the ambulance and criticize social media apps when many other applications are essentially doing the same.
I am referring you here to a previous article I wrote on Duolingo, an annoying language learning app with unbelievably passive-agressive emotional triggers to keep the users engaged.

Many other apps use similar tactics, to varying degrees:
the emotional tone is very often used in a manipulative way to discourage the user from disabling features or uninstalling the apps."

Also, new idea for custom title of address:

Qt. As in "Cutie so-and-so". So Mx Verda in polite company and Qt Verda in rude company.

Fh or Fr for formal company! Fuckhead Verda or Fucker Verda.

Yes, I'm serious. I absolutely would request this if anyone in admin capacities had a remote chance of accomodating it.

"Regain Control And Limit Exposure
To regain control and limit negative exposure to the endless stream of digital junk that keeps raining upon us,"
omg; reminds me of SpaceX StarLink meteorites. They stopped falling yet?

"it's best to first start with an situational assessment of your digital life.
Dangerous bonus: this can have a positive impact on many other aspects of your life.
Thoughts to have in mind:
1. What am I trying to achieve?
2. Is this activity aligned with my personal goals?
3. Is the content that I consider important aligned with my personal goals?
4. Am I focusing on my circle of control or circle of concern?
5. Am I consuming the right time of content?
6. What content brings the most value to me?"

*Like* Trauma-Informed Mindfulness, but more... Value-Affirmed Intent.
Non ? @maxmortillaro (https://kamshin.com/about/ page doesn't link to your mastodon profile, if you didn't already know)

https://kamshin.com/how-big-tech-is-killing-productivity/ on q4, DoDDS schools on-base covered 'Sphere of influence' and 'Sphere of information' iirc. similar tho.

https://kamshin.com/reducing-phone-addiction/

#tech #technology #gadgetry #app #software #engineering #innovation #contentment #peace #flow #SenseOfSelf #EmbodyYourself #calm #SlowDown #uhhhhh #WearYourMask #WearYourRespirator #MaskUp

I wish to complain about racism that is not aimed at me, pls.
Which form do I fill out in order to reduce what-about-ism, lib/alt right whining, and potential overstepping of my bounds?

Like, christ. not any of various n words or anything but what (to my US ears) sounded like '50s era terms.

Unrelated but I saw a scene from The Good Doctor and I wish to scream and hit the jackass who wrote it. What, House wasn't bad enough on its own? Dude needed to libel / slander autistics too?