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Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Re: Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Post by saiya-jin »

ben_w wrote: post #61
tempest_ wrote: post #12

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I remember when stores used to be closed on Sundays. We can close social media on Sundays and reopen monday morning aha

Sunday shopping ban was part of my culture shock moving to Berlin. The calmness of the city outweighs the mild and easily planned-around inconvenience.

Not everybody needs to live in big cities, the calm you like so much can be obtained outside instantly, any day, every day.

Plus sometimes when actually having a life maybe other days are fully taken doing something important, so its nice to have it as an option. The societies that have Sunday shopping that I ever visited didn't experience any kind of shopping frenzy during it, everything is scaled down, some shops are opened shortly, some are not at all (or some close on Monday instead).

That is all said as an European who knows very well what you mean, from various angles

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Post by [deleted] »

ethanbond wrote: post #46
ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #31

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Isn't it an inevitable part of Capitalism though? If the directors of a corporation start acting to not maximise the shareholders profits, they'll soon be replaced or the corporation bought out by more ruthless/sociopathic people.

The emergence of this idea definitely is guaranteed, but the dominance of it isn’t. There are many countervailing forces that can and should be used, including regulation. One of the forces that I’m advocating for, as I believe it is undervalued and underutilized, is pushback at the cultural level. It is absolutely possible to build truly thriving businesses that include more stakeholders than just shareholders. Cost…

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Re: Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Post by tempest_ »

saiya-jin wrote: post #71
ben_w wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sunday shopping ban was part of my culture shock moving to Berlin. The calmness of the city outweighs the mild and easily planned-around inconvenience.

Not everybody needs to live in big cities, the calm you like so much can be obtained outside instantly, any day, every day. Plus sometimes when actually having a life maybe other days are fully taken doing something important, so its nice to have it as an option. The societies that have Sunday shopping that I ever visited didn't experience any kind of shopping frenzy during it, everything is scaled down, some shops a…

The flip side is retail workers get worked to death.

Around here the only day retail is closed is Dec 25, every other day is open.

I have not worked in retail for so long, maybe they prefer the opportunity to make more money I don't know.

It would not really change anything for me.

Re: Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Post by forrestwilkins »

apwell23 wrote: post #32
ImAnAmateur wrote: post #9

> “Social media research has largely assumed that [so-called] social media addiction is going to follow the same framework as drug addiction,” said Turner. Orben’s team and others argue that this is likely to be oversimplistic and are investigating whether the teenagers cluster into groups whose behaviour can be predicted by other personality traits. > It could be that, for some, their relationship is akin to a behav…

Yes this is why I've been trying to ski as much as possible this winter. 1. Helps my eyes by letting them see things at a distance. staring far into mountains on the lift ect. 2. Keeps me away from internet. I have dumb phone and a whistle with me in my pocket. 3. Helps me reconnect with my body and rediscover what it can do. 4. Mountain air seems to clear up my sinuses 5. And ofcourse benefits of physical excerscise…

Exercise generally helps with digestion.

Re: Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Post by jgliajwelirt4j »

Once again, social media is 21st century cigarettes. Legions of brilliant scientists and engineers have spent cumulative millennia optimizing these products to be as addictive as possible, while simultaneously compiling and burying evidence of the deleterious effects their products have on their customers.

Re: Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Post by nonameiguess »

ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #31
ethanbond wrote: post #21

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One contributing factor is the surprisingly recent meme that corporations exist solely for the benefit of their shareholders. It’s a totally ahistoric and obviously antisocial meme that gets repeated like it’s gospel, even by otherwise intelligent people. This perspective should be literally laughed at and made fun of as a moral system suitable only for the greediest and most myopic among us.

Isn't it an inevitable part of Capitalism though? If the directors of a corporation start acting to not maximise the shareholders profits, they'll soon be replaced or the corporation bought out by more ruthless/sociopathic people.

There are plenty of examples of companies that have stayed in business for a very long time while being focused on something other than maximizing profits, whether that be prestige, quality, treating employees and customers reasonably well, promoting particular values. In N' Out, Hobby Lobby, Costco, Ferrari, A24. Not saying they're paragons of virtue, but they have missions other than "get as rich as possible" and this hasn't driven them to extinction. Presumably, over some long enough span of time, you need to at least not lose money to stay in business, but money doesn't need to be your only objective.

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Post by jl6 »

ethanbond wrote: post #46
ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't it an inevitable part of Capitalism though? If the directors of a corporation start acting to not maximise the shareholders profits, they'll soon be replaced or the corporation bought out by more ruthless/sociopathic people.

The emergence of this idea definitely is guaranteed, but the dominance of it isn’t. There are many countervailing forces that can and should be used, including regulation. One of the forces that I’m advocating for, as I believe it is undervalued and underutilized, is pushback at the cultural level. It is absolutely possible to build truly thriving businesses that include more stakeholders than just shareholders. Cost…

What is special about Costco?

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Post by johndhi »

ImAnAmateur wrote: post #9

> “Social media research has largely assumed that [so-called] social media addiction is going to follow the same framework as drug addiction,” said Turner. Orben’s team and others argue that this is likely to be oversimplistic and are investigating whether the teenagers cluster into groups whose behaviour can be predicted by other personality traits. > It could be that, for some, their relationship is akin to a behav…

any tips on how to identify what you're coping for?

Re: Almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media – study

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Post by jay_kyburz »

deemster wrote: post #49
nonethewiser wrote: post #30

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This is the solution for a lot of behavioral problems. The instinct is to do the bad behavior less, but the solution may instead be to do something else more.

A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit - Erasmus

I made a browser based strategy game that takes place over weeks. Instead of checking Facebook 3 times a day, I log into Neptune's Pride 3 times a day to chat with the other players and try and conquer the galaxy.
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