Digital wellbeing pills

Let’s acknowledge something all together here. What we post and how we post on social media has gone too far. Social media has never been as dramatic as today so what the NEW social media content will look like soon is going to the be exactly the opposite. Indeed, the way we behave in real life is becoming to look more like the way we do it in our digital lives. It’s all about filters, checks (✔) ️and judgment before we even introduce ourselves or look in the eyes. It's time to embrace digital minimalism. 

The paradox of our time is solving a tech problem by adding more technology.

Why is everybody trying to solve a tech problem (Smartphone Addiction) by adding more technology? Do we really need another app (on our phone) to solve our addiction to these omnipresent devices? Perhaps we should note that the problem is that we use our smartphones for literally EVERYTHING: calls, texting, social media, reading the news, watching TV, listening to music, tracking workouts, writing notes, checking calendars, alarm-clock, purchasing clothes, food, anything; flirting / dating, taking a taxi, driving (GPS), checking the weather, meditation, catching a thief (home security), etc. The list is endless.

What’s the real problem? Well, basically the fact that we do everything with and on our smartphones.

Over the last 6 months, I’ve been investigating and researching the phone addiction topic and basically, some people consider it just an harmfulness addiction while another group believes we are facing the new tobacco or the new sugar. There is indeed a lot buzz going on and the media has covered it with a great sensationalist touch. I heard crazy things like Smartphones are like “digital heroin for children” or “People would rather give up sex than their phones”. A round of applause for these headlines, please.