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why does reading / listening to a book almost never have regretted user minutes and social media does?

for me its because its easy to stop reading. if i can't pay attention or its boring its natural to stop. there's nothing pulling me or dragging me back, its an active process. with social its more passive: you have the world's most potent memetic content surfaced and even autoplayed to keep you going well past when you might have stopped.

the feeling of regretted life minutes is familiar to me, its the same feeling as losing more than you can afford gambling, having bad sex, or doing drugs.

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Social media algorithm is designed to keep addicted
Infact the same hormone responsible for some drug addiction are also involved in social media addiction 

That why I advise people to take a social media detox once in a while or have a period where you don’t use your phone