We are not wired to handle our hyper-connected, always-on world.
The constant overwhelming of our sensory inputs and quick fixes is destroying our mental health.
- Social media, our relationships
- The City, our peace
- Capitalism, our health
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The constant overwhelming of our sensory inputs and quick fixes is destroying our mental health.
- Social media, our relationships
- The City, our peace
- Capitalism, our health
{A Thread}
👇👇👇
Social media is the ciggarette of our times.
Silently slipping by because it doesn’t cause physical illness but, even Worst, degrades us mentally.
Silently slipping by because it doesn’t cause physical illness but, even Worst, degrades us mentally.
How does social media cause mental issues?
- endless dopamine shots
- unsatisfiable need for validation
- unrealistic expectations physically and emotionally
All lead to constraint from experiencing REAL relationships.
- endless dopamine shots
- unsatisfiable need for validation
- unrealistic expectations physically and emotionally
All lead to constraint from experiencing REAL relationships.
The City is The Crowd.
Crowds are poisonous. Too much time in them and you end up like them.
Large groups are individuals mimicking the mimic of the mimic of the mimic.. - insanity.
Retreat to nature, it’s where you came from.
Crowds are poisonous. Too much time in them and you end up like them.
Large groups are individuals mimicking the mimic of the mimic of the mimic.. - insanity.
Retreat to nature, it’s where you came from.
We evolved to thrive and live in Tribes of a few hundred people.
Today, one in two people live in densely populated urban areas.
- Noise
- Lighting
- Transportation
- People
- Gossip
- Comparing everything
All contribute to making you hyper-aware of EVERYTHING but yourself.
Today, one in two people live in densely populated urban areas.
- Noise
- Lighting
- Transportation
- People
- Gossip
- Comparing everything
All contribute to making you hyper-aware of EVERYTHING but yourself.
Capitalism, so good you Don’t have to do Anything.
- Bored? Access all the movies
- Hungry? Order all the food
- Sad? Pop all the pills
- Sex? Watch all the porn
The system is designed to incentivize us to solve each others wants and needs.
We took it to the extreme.
- Bored? Access all the movies
- Hungry? Order all the food
- Sad? Pop all the pills
- Sex? Watch all the porn
The system is designed to incentivize us to solve each others wants and needs.
We took it to the extreme.
Fixing ourselves in a modern society:
To cut it is to deny the reality we live in.
Balancing is The Master Act that done right yields unimaginable returns both in material and inner wealth.
To cut it is to deny the reality we live in.
Balancing is The Master Act that done right yields unimaginable returns both in material and inner wealth.
When have we been able to speak to 500,000 people at once? Never.
Until now.
Use the amplifier that social media is to lead people down a path that makes Them better.
Restrict yourself from the dopamine shots yourself.
Until now.
Use the amplifier that social media is to lead people down a path that makes Them better.
Restrict yourself from the dopamine shots yourself.
Cities are a melting pot of interesting people creating, doing and exploring things.
Take advantage.
Find the friends, the lover, the project, the hobbies that need you.
There’s something out there for you - find it.
Take advantage.
Find the friends, the lover, the project, the hobbies that need you.
There’s something out there for you - find it.
You, reading this, got lucky.
110+ billion people have ever lived.
You are part of the ~6% that is living in:
- most peaceful time ever
- highest life expectancy rates ever
- lowest rates of poverty ever
Capitalism has yielded you privileges.
Act like you deserve it.
110+ billion people have ever lived.
You are part of the ~6% that is living in:
- most peaceful time ever
- highest life expectancy rates ever
- lowest rates of poverty ever
Capitalism has yielded you privileges.
Act like you deserve it.
