Information Hygiene
Do you control what information you consume or is your mind controlled by tech companies? Wake up Neo...
Algorithmic Feeds
Social media products like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok literally feed you information with the goal of stealing your valuable attention to serve you advertisements and to collect personal information about you. Your brain is being force fed ads and you are the product - a little rat being fed digital heroin (infinite scroll feeds) to harvest it for money (showing ads and selling personal data).
Using AI Systems
Outsourcing or augmenting mental tasks using generative AI (like coding, drawing or writing) will reduce your own cognitive abilities for these tasks like using GPS systems did for offline navigation.
Stay sharp and embrace your human uniqueness by not overusing AI systems for creative tasks. Only use AI to automate the boring stuff where your human creativity can not shine.
Brain Rot
What purpose does it serve to being uptodate on the latest celibrity gossip news? Which actions will you take based on this information to make your life more meaningful?
Gaining Control
Built a social trust network of individuals (personal blogs) and organizations you trust and just consume their content (using tools like RSS). If you use social media use a feed that only shows content from creators you curated.
Valuable Information
Valuable information is information that increases your self-agency. Learning a new skill, learning about science, talking with your neighbor - everything that has even a small purpose / impact on your real life is valuable.