The more screen time we have

Social media uses two traps to keep its players hooked to the game.

First, with pride: Why can’t you be more like me?

Second, by comparison: Why can’t you be more like them?

And around and around you go. Stuck. In a vicious downward cycle.

Here’s the thing, the more screen time we have, the unhappier we feel. And the more unhappier we feel, the more screen time we seek.

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“The way you see someone is the way you treat them and the way you treat them is who they will become.” — Goethe