I don’t know if I’ve experienced it before getting hooked on shorts, which I open, count to 50 bad videos and then close, only to open it again in hope of something good…
But the feeling is like that your consciousness is getting from the screen to the area behind your eyes and you suddenly see the edge of the phone, your hands, everything.
Short form videos on an algorithm are designed to be addictive. You now have an addiction just as these tech bros intended. You can stop at any time. Try to find a hobby that takes up your time and interest instead of watching these videos.
they are also stupid af.
once you detach from the stream, you realize youv’e done nothing, learned nothing, gained no value.
it’s candy for your brain. mental sugar that gives you a quick hit but has no nutritional of lasting cognitive value.
I have been reading more the past few months and it’s amazing like how good it feels to use my brain to understand something that requires effort and contains complexity.