by Updated with KV Tweet I read an article recently which warned that too much use of social media can chronically raise cortisol levels which can lead to long term ill health.I sometimes spend days debating with conspiracists, deniers, and very recently with some Zionists, which was particularly ugly because they believe they are fighting a war.These debates often leave me feeling wired and irritated. Sometimes I realise that the person I have been fiercely debating with is actually quite a nice guy, and so I start to feel guilty because I may have demolished him.What is very endearing is when prominent people in politics and economics tweet photos of the cakes they have baked, the flowers in their gardens they have just attended, or their family pets.On the whole, I think I put out some
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I read an article recently which warned that too much use of social media can chronically raise cortisol levels which can lead to long term ill health.
I sometimes spend days debating with conspiracists, deniers, and very recently with some Zionists, which was particularly ugly because they believe they are fighting a war.
These debates often leave me feeling wired and irritated. Sometimes I realise that the person I have been fiercely debating with is actually quite a nice guy, and so I start to feel guilty because I may have demolished him.
What is very endearing is when prominent people in politics and economics tweet photos of the cakes they have baked, the flowers in their gardens they have just attended, or their family pets.
On the whole, I think I put out some very interesting tweets, but they are usually ignored. Twitter can be great fun, but I'm wondering if it's worth it at all.
Tristan Harris describes how addictive social media is: You put a tweet in and wait for the likes, which is like pulling a slot-machine lever and then waiting, hoping to win. Even the software designers themselves get addicted.
One of my tweets that never got any likes.
"What happened to Fred?"