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The events of the last couple of years caused me to evaluate the psychological toll that me self-induced exposure to media, of all forms, was taking. I came to

The events of the last couple of years caused me to evaluate the psychological toll that me self-induced exposure to media, of all forms, was taking. I came to the conclusion that with social media, mankind was participating in the largest social experiment of all time and just hoping that things turned out well. I decided the results, so far, have not been promising and I no longer wanted to participate. I deleted my FB and canceled cable. Now I chose what I'm exposed to. I advise more people to do the same.

timthelion 10y ago
Unfortunately, HN is addictive too.
- mrkgnao 10y ago
  HN does have a noprocrast timeout available, although it's almost undocumented.
  - oaktowner 10y ago
    Whoa. Had never heard of that. Check [0] if you, like me, hadn't. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
  - timthelion 10y ago
    Usefull
kordless 10y ago
I'm ahead of you by 6 years. ;)
- aytekin 10y ago
  8 years here. :) Funny Story. I had to create a new FB account recently so I can give them money(advertise) but I didn't want people to friend me. So, I put a short version of my name. But somehow they figured out that I didn't give the correct name and suspended the account. So much for trying to give them money. :)
  - OJFord 10y ago
    > I had to create a new FB account recently so I can give them money(advertise) Can you really not place advertisements on Facebook without a 'social Facebook account' (I accept you obviously need some kind of 'account' for billing, monitoring purposes, etc.) linked to your real name?
ngcazz 10y ago
"DON'T SHARE, COPY AND PASTE"
rjeli 10y ago
“We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow. The nexus of space and time where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe, and if you're worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered, you're giving it all away to icons, icons which are maintained by an electronic media so that you want to dress like X or have lips like Y. This is shit-brained, this kind of thinking. That is all cultural diversion, and what is real is you and your friends and your associations, your highs, your orgasms, your hopes, your plans, your fears. And we are told 'no', we're unimportant, we're peripheral. 'Get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that.' And then you're a player, you don't want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.” ― Terence McKenna it's stereotypical counterculture talk, but the dichotomy of creating vs consuming really sticks with me

timthelion 10y ago

Unfortunately, HN is addictive too.

mrkgnao 10y ago
HN does have a noprocrast timeout available, although it's almost undocumented.
- oaktowner 10y ago
  Whoa. Had never heard of that. Check [0] if you, like me, hadn't. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- timthelion 10y ago
  Usefull

kordless 10y ago

I'm ahead of you by 6 years. ;)

aytekin 10y ago
8 years here. :) Funny Story. I had to create a new FB account recently so I can give them money(advertise) but I didn't want people to friend me. So, I put a short version of my name. But somehow they figured out that I didn't give the correct name and suspended the account. So much for trying to give them money. :)
- OJFord 10y ago
  > I had to create a new FB account recently so I can give them money(advertise) Can you really not place advertisements on Facebook without a 'social Facebook account' (I accept you obviously need some kind of 'account' for billing, monitoring purposes, etc.) linked to your real name?

ngcazz 10y ago

"DON'T SHARE, COPY AND PASTE"

rjeli 10y ago

“We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow. The nexus of space and time where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe, and if you're worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered, you're giving it all away to icons, icons which are maintained by an electronic media so that you want to dress like X or have lips like Y. This is shit-brained, this kind of thinking. That is all cultural diversion, and what is real is you and your friends and your associations, your highs, your orgasms, your hopes, your plans, your fears. And we are told 'no', we're unimportant, we're peripheral. 'Get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that.' And then you're a player, you don't want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.” ― Terence McKenna it's stereotypical counterculture talk, but the dichotomy of creating vs consuming really sticks with me