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“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.”

Parenting Social Media Parenting Children Social Media Addiction Cell Phones

Book:Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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“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.”

Addiction Social Media Habits Dopamine Social Media Addiction Attention Engineering Behavior Addiction

Book:Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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“For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasantly stale.”

Social Media Leisure Free Time

Book:Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

Source: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World