A Boring Dystopia

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I'm a psychologist—doomscrolling has a devastating impact (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah. As someone who has spent years doing both both — spending hours every day staying on-top of current events and related history in my teens, to ignoring all of it after graduating into my early 20's, then back to paying attention again — it's a double edged sword.

You waste so many hours of your life caring about this shit — time that could be spent on relationships, wealth, self-care, and leisure — but an uninformed and ignorant population is why the species and planet is in so much shit. Ignorance is only bliss if external forces don't end up fucking your life.