Escaping the social media vortex
It’s an addictive, gamified process, with a reward system that has been proven to chemically alter our brains and bring out the gambler in us, so how can we learn to live better with – or even without – social media?
When I deleted my Facebook account earlier this year, I felt free. A little smug, admittedly, but generally as though I had made the right decision.
Like millions of others, I watched in horror as the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke in 2018. I felt foolish for allowing a social media platform to access and distribute my personal data. I had become increasingly worried about the proliferation of fake news and its impact on both the...
Subscribe from just €1 for the first month!
What's Included
With any subscription you will have access to
-
Unlimited multi-device access to our iPad, iPhone and Android Apps
-
Unlimited access to our eReader library
-
Exclusive daily insight and opinion seven days a week
-
Create alerts to never miss a subject that matters to you
-
Get access to exclusive offers for subscribers on gifts and experiences
-
Get content from Business Post, Business Post Magazines, Connected, Tatler and Food & Wine
Related Stories
Varadkar to address Facebook moderator concerns at Oireachtas committee
Committee heard from moderator who said her colleagues were exposed to disturbing content and were 'not given real psychiatric care'
Adventures in Technophobia: How to get an at-home ‘face-lift’
Jessie Collins ditches face yoga for a new Thermawave device from DMK
DPC to reject ‘unfounded’ criticisms in row over Facebook regulation
Helen Dixon will tell an Oireachtas committee she is aware of ‘trenchant’ criticism of the DPC over its regulation of social media companies
Apple’s rebirth of cool powered by an old favourite
The tech giant’s latest line of colourful iMacs has helped to restore much of the vibrancy it lost out on as a brand in recent years
