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How social media consumption replaces actual living

I spend hours watching TikToks of people living the life I want but I'm too tired from scrolling to actually work toward it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Consuming others' experiences becomes a substitute for creating our own, leaving us depleted observers of life.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media and loneliness?”

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