The speaker discusses the positive impact of having an intentional relationship with technology and social media. They share their experience with Instagram, expressing how it made them feel inadequate and eventually led them to stop using it. They found Instagram useful only as a platform to share work-related updates but chose not to engage in direct messages. The speaker's deliberate choice to eliminate technology causing pain and misery is regarded as a winning strategy in the tech world.
Last year, we predicted what 2023 in tech would look like. This week, we take a look back at those predictions, see what we got right and wrong, and make new ones for 2024.
Then, the actor, comedian and writer Jenny Slate joins us to answer your Hard Questions.
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