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Avoid Displaying Growth on Social Media
- Avoid using social media to promote self-growth as it turns internal motivations into external display.
- Engage in meaningful activities offline to preserve intrinsic motivation and reduce harmful self-monitoring.
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivations
- Human motivations split into intrinsic and extrinsic, with extrinsic linked to status and money.
- Excess extrinsic values harm well-being, likened to junk food poisoning internal value systems.
Social Media Poisoned Reading Joy
- Johann Hari once tweeted about books he loved but realized social media influenced his reading choices.
- This turned an intrinsic pleasure into extrinsic motivation, poisoning the original joy.