Post by account_disabled on Mar 10, 2024 4:48:28 GMT -5
It’s sort of the opposite of pro wrestling. Books are the lowest form of media (too slow, too long-lasting, no sponsors, low profit) while instant-on, always-on social networks are about as good as it gets. For the media. We’ve been willing participants in this daily race for our attention and our emotions. But we don’t have to be. Publishers and those who manage social platforms serve their own interests and those of their shareholders. The goal is not to make us feel better, but to make more money, sell more advertising, have our attention for as long as possible. The only answer to give to regain time and attention, as well as no longer being emotionally manipulated, is to consume less media.
Less media means reducing the total time spent in front of Canada Phone Number screens and not simply switching from traditional media to social media or vice versa. Reducing exposure to the media means doing without it at critical moments of the day, with areas where the screen is off limits: in bed, in the bathroom, at the table, at the cinema, at the restaurant. For the more courageous you can think of walking listening to the sounds of the environment around us or driving without turning on the radio. Being alone with your thoughts, especially at first, can be difficult. After a short time, however, you begin to feel differently. The tune from that commercial no longer bounces around in your head. The anxiety of the tragic news of the moment no longer blocks your stomach. The feeling of emptiness in the continuous and automatic scrolling of the social flow disappears. In silence we have the opportunity to face problems that have been unresolved for too long and, why not?, talk to someone who is close to us or call a friend who we haven't heard from for too long.
After a few days we feel better, without feeling uninformed. After all, 99% of those reading this article neither buy nor sell stocks in real time, nor work at the desk of a news agency. Time to produce: thought and content If the total consumption decreases and the ratio between signal and noise grows in parallel, the end result is that the contents we filter are more easily transformed into ideas and useful contents that we can store, professionally rework for our work and our clients, as well as be fresher and more efficient ourselves because we are finally able to dominate an information flow that until recently oppressed us. If we feel the need to share an idea, we can now do it in a more complete and reasoned way. We only intervene on what we know. Consuming slow media means reducing digital dependence and rediscovering the pleasure of leafing through a magazine. If economic resources are lacking, Italian libraries are always precious and we pay for them with our taxes. We can elaborate thoughts that go beyond the 280 characters of a tweet or the two lines of a chat and perhaps share them on our blog. If you don't have one, now might be a good time to open one. Or an always valid solution is to write down thoughts and reflections in a notebook , which has the advantage of being private and analogue. What matters most is to adopt a critical spirit and begin to evaluate the level of satisfaction with the value we extract from the time spent consuming media. Every balance is momentary and gradual. The important thing is to move, in the right direction.
Less media means reducing the total time spent in front of Canada Phone Number screens and not simply switching from traditional media to social media or vice versa. Reducing exposure to the media means doing without it at critical moments of the day, with areas where the screen is off limits: in bed, in the bathroom, at the table, at the cinema, at the restaurant. For the more courageous you can think of walking listening to the sounds of the environment around us or driving without turning on the radio. Being alone with your thoughts, especially at first, can be difficult. After a short time, however, you begin to feel differently. The tune from that commercial no longer bounces around in your head. The anxiety of the tragic news of the moment no longer blocks your stomach. The feeling of emptiness in the continuous and automatic scrolling of the social flow disappears. In silence we have the opportunity to face problems that have been unresolved for too long and, why not?, talk to someone who is close to us or call a friend who we haven't heard from for too long.
After a few days we feel better, without feeling uninformed. After all, 99% of those reading this article neither buy nor sell stocks in real time, nor work at the desk of a news agency. Time to produce: thought and content If the total consumption decreases and the ratio between signal and noise grows in parallel, the end result is that the contents we filter are more easily transformed into ideas and useful contents that we can store, professionally rework for our work and our clients, as well as be fresher and more efficient ourselves because we are finally able to dominate an information flow that until recently oppressed us. If we feel the need to share an idea, we can now do it in a more complete and reasoned way. We only intervene on what we know. Consuming slow media means reducing digital dependence and rediscovering the pleasure of leafing through a magazine. If economic resources are lacking, Italian libraries are always precious and we pay for them with our taxes. We can elaborate thoughts that go beyond the 280 characters of a tweet or the two lines of a chat and perhaps share them on our blog. If you don't have one, now might be a good time to open one. Or an always valid solution is to write down thoughts and reflections in a notebook , which has the advantage of being private and analogue. What matters most is to adopt a critical spirit and begin to evaluate the level of satisfaction with the value we extract from the time spent consuming media. Every balance is momentary and gradual. The important thing is to move, in the right direction.