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Welcome to the community of so-called Digital Minimalists! We're community of people who seek for silence in such a noisy world and balance between real and digital worlds. Rules of this community include:

  1. Be honest with yourself and others. Seriously, if you're not honest with yourself and pretend to be someone else, you're not going anywhere. The first step to progression is acceptance, isn't it?
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  3. Keep it theme-oriented. This community is not made to discuss politics, privacy-issues and climate change. It's about balance and harmony. We could discuss those topics if they are related to Digital Minimalism, but not if they're purely self-oriented. Thank you :)

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Catherine Price - How to defeat your social media addiction (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world to c/digitalminimalism@lemmy.ml
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I know links to long YouTube videos aren't ideal for platforms like Lemmy, but I thought this was an exceptionally sincere and constructive talk. There's analysis and solutions for screen addiction. The journalist seems to really know what she's talking about.

The main thing I got from this was insightful validation: It's helpful to delineate problematic use from non-problematic use. They discuss the brain patterns that lead to device "addiction" and more importantly, the behaviours that can get us out of it.

Anyway, I learned a lot and saw clearly many of the traps I fall into which was helpful.

I'll put the TOC here below. I don't know either of these people and have never heard of them before.

  • 00:00 The Hours We Spend Daily On Our Phones
  • 04:31 Effective Ways We Can Reduce Time On Our Phones
  • 09:06 Why Phones Can Cause A Decrease In Our Attention Spans
  • 16:17 Do Dopamine Detoxes Work?
  • 26:34 What Are Phones Doing To Our Memory?
  • 30:34 How Screentime Can Effect Our Perception Of Time
  • 38:30 The Impact Phone's Have On Our Happiness, Health And Relationships
  • 44:50 Predictions For How AI Is Going To Change Each Aspect Of Our Life
  • 56:22 Fundamental Changes That Are Happening Due To Our Use Of Screens
  • 1:06:28 Highest Impact Habits To Help With Phone Use
  • 1:13:13 Where To Find Catherine
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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know links to long YouTube videos aren’t ideal for platforms like Lemmy

I don’t know that, because I post them all the time.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting. I rarely come across them on my feed but when I have seen them there’s been the argument that they don’t really foster discussion because the medium isn’t accessible as text. I tend to agree.

I did try to outline the video but I see my TOC has become badly formatted 🤦🏻‍♂️

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I did try to outline the video but I see my TOC has become badly formatted 🤦🏻‍♂️

You may want edit it and use bullet points by starting each line with -<SPACE>. Formatting is based on CommonMark.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

That works, thank you! I had tried formatting as code and as a quote but didn't get good results with either so I left it as plain text in the end. I did as you suggested just now and it's much better.