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Smartphones / Social Media

How Social Media Can Decrease Happiness – Part 3: Losing the Moment

When we experience something enjoyable, without the intrusion of technology our enjoyment comes from the thing or the experience itself – the smell and taste of the coffee we’re drinking, the beauty and novelty of the city we’re visiting, the way we feel about our outfit and appearance, etc. The value comes from our own positive experience of the situation. However, when we shift our attention from fully experiencing the moment through our own eyes...

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Smartphones / Social Media

How Social Media Can Decrease Happiness – Part 2: Smelling the Roses

This is Part 2 in the series about the specific ways in which our social media use can decrease happiness.  You can find Part 1 here, addressing how social networks lead us to turn ourselves into a product and how that can negatively affect our mental health. Post 2: Skimming Instead of Reading, Scrolling Instead of Seeing Another way that intense use of social media can negatively affect our happiness and life satisfaction is because...