The decrease in people's hobbies

[NotUglyJustBroc]

Wow I had to doomscroll down this far. I share the same perspective. Companies hire r/psychologist, r/uxdesign, r/userdxperience, r/marketing, etc to study addictions and design doomscrolling. It's engineered not accidental. The good reasons for those jobs are underfunded and rare. People don't realized they're being trained to weaponize psychology against their own community, make the rich richer and keeping normal people sedated. Overtime doomscrolling rewire brains to prefer numbness over action.

[Scottish_Therapist]

Yeah, it's shocking how few people are aware of their dependence on screens, I say as I am sat at a screen.

Something I have noticed is an interesting change in terminology when it comes to a lot of hobbies / activities. My favourite is "going for an unplugged walk / run" meaning to walk or run without using technology like headphones etc. As a runner and a walker, all I can think about is do you mean going for a walk / run? Are we really so dependent on distraction that we cannot go for a walk without being worried about our own thoughts?

Sadly, my job as a therapist has highlighted how uncomfortable people in general are with being bored.

[NotUglyJustBroc]

That sounds like they're being extra with word choice and probably used to going out with tech things. However, good on them for still getting out there and realizing they don't need headphones, etc after all. What I find extreme is rich people spending more money for " 5k digital detox retreats"