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jeffhykin@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoI’m saying the downsides have nothing to do with self discipline.
- Even if we never click an advertisement.
- Even if we never eat from the candy bowl.
- Even if we never use the bad phone apps.
Merely living in a world covered in advertisements, living next to a delicious smelling candy bowl, living 30 seconds away from memes, rage-bait, doom scrolling, sports gambling, and other slop – just living next to those things are bad for our mental health.
Some sources if you’re curious on the research behind it. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4731333/