Hmm, I did this by default for a while (gave up TV 10 years ago, vidyogames 5, news and YouTube ~3).
What I discovered last year is that there’s certainly a thing I’m “missing out on” by doing this, in that (dumb) movies/cartoons/yt-videos can help with neurosis in particularly bad periods, and I tentatively reintroduced them for short period every few months, in all cases I did this when I was really sick (as in, physical injuries)
So I do think there’s a point where renouncing all media can backfire.
Also I’m torn if e.g. less wrong, reddit, Twitter, hacker news and certain blogs count. Currently I have a blocker that only allows them 30min/12 hours.
On the one hand I procrastinate and they throw a lot of harmful memes at me, on the other hand I find the conversations potentially useful and they fill the day in a way I enjoy.
Also note:
For YouTube you can use Firefox with the background play addon and unlock+ a YouTube blocker addon and a subscription list to music channels to skip the issue of recommendations.
For Facebook you can use messenger.com and the messenger lite app to turn it into a 100% messaging app with no social media element.
Hmm, I did this by default for a while (gave up TV 10 years ago, vidyogames 5, news and YouTube ~3).
What I discovered last year is that there’s certainly a thing I’m “missing out on” by doing this, in that (dumb) movies/cartoons/yt-videos can help with neurosis in particularly bad periods, and I tentatively reintroduced them for short period every few months, in all cases I did this when I was really sick (as in, physical injuries)
So I do think there’s a point where renouncing all media can backfire.
Also I’m torn if e.g. less wrong, reddit, Twitter, hacker news and certain blogs count. Currently I have a blocker that only allows them 30min/12 hours.
On the one hand I procrastinate and they throw a lot of harmful memes at me, on the other hand I find the conversations potentially useful and they fill the day in a way I enjoy.
Also note:
For YouTube you can use Firefox with the background play addon and unlock+ a YouTube blocker addon and a subscription list to music channels to skip the issue of recommendations.
For Facebook you can use messenger.com and the messenger lite app to turn it into a 100% messaging app with no social media element.