Would it be worth it to stop using the Internet? (lemmy.world)

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We spend half our lives online nowadays and it's obviously causing damage to our health. Do you think it would be worth the benefits to stop carrying a smartphone and to disable the WiFi at home?

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[-] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You can go 1-2 days but eventually you will get bored if you don't have anything to do in the meantime. Our brains nowadays are wired to consume content on demand and cutting them out could be hard.

You could identify what is causing your addiction, if it's social media, then i find it best to use the browser version, and not the app. This way you will spend much much less time on it and eventually you can cut it out if you wish.

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