“What's making us uncomfortable...is this feeling of losing control - a feeling that instantiates itself in a dozen different ways each day, such as when we tune out with our phone during our child's bath time, or lose our ability to enjoy a nice moment without a frantic urge to document it for a virtual audience.” ParentingSocial MediaParenting ChildrenSocial Media AddictionCell Phones Book:Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Source: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
“The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?” And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while, because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post or whatever.” AddictionSocial MediaHabitsDopamineSocial Media AddictionAttention EngineeringBehavior Addiction Book:Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World Source: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World