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FBL24 - Anna Lembke: Dopamine & Digital Addiction

The Feedback Loop by Singularity

CHAPTER

How Can We Not Feel Less Than?

I've always wondered if there was something about kind of the external memory that the internet represents that acts as a constant reminder of our rank. Ii think you're tapping into a couple of important themes. One is the way that the internet and social media fosters this invidious comparison between ourselves and other people. The other thing is that people curate their on line personas. So half of what you're getting on line isn't even true, yet we can't tease out what's true in what's not.

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