topic: 202205180947 - Social Media Hijacks Attention alias: tags:#permanent-note#on/social-media#on/attention#on/addiction url:
My writing (250-300 words)
In a sense, there’s a problem with how social media uses our attention
In Simone Weil’s thought, we need to be ready for the important things that are before us
But Social media somehow makes it feel like everything is important and that everything is urgent.
The person in front of me, is no less urgent that the phone ringing besdie me, telling to check the latest reply on my tweet
Our attention has failed