Health and online activity are inextricably linked at this point.
Mental health. Cardiovascular health. Health of interpersonal
relationships. Work life balance.
I sincerely think we are at an equivalent situation as the tobacco
industry in the 1970s. The decisions we make now will affect the lives
of generations to come.
Cal Newport's site has a Ledger of Harms [1] at the Center for Humane
Technology, and I wrote what I hope is an accessible and lightly
challenging overview of the problem of technology overuse in Digital
Vegan [2].
I got part way through Digital Vegan, but admittedly haven’t finished it yet.
It’s been a few weeks since I had to put it down for another book, but here is my main takeaway (so far) - it’s all true, but in my opinion it comes across with very strong views and some extreme options as something to hand non-technical friends. It’s also relatively expensive to obtain in the US.
But thank you for your contribution to the discussion on this topic. I think you’re probably closer to where we should end up, but I don’t see a path to get there.
I may be mistaken but Center for Humane Technology which compiled the
"Ledger of harms" is an umbrella for critical thought on digital tech
whose members include folk like Roger McNamee, Cal Newport, Jonathan
Haidt, Max Stossel, Tristan Harris and others. Actually it would be
fairer to call it Harris' site (since he is the "president" of it)
Mental health. Cardiovascular health. Health of interpersonal relationships. Work life balance.
I sincerely think we are at an equivalent situation as the tobacco industry in the 1970s. The decisions we make now will affect the lives of generations to come.
Cal Newport's site has a Ledger of Harms [1] at the Center for Humane Technology, and I wrote what I hope is an accessible and lightly challenging overview of the problem of technology overuse in Digital Vegan [2].
[1] https://ledger.humanetech.com/?ref=witsio
[2] https://digitalvegan.net