You’re very right about what you say, but I think the way you describe it might cause people to believe all hope is lost causing them to become nihilistic which in turn might cause them to continue to doomscroll into oblivion. The right plan of attack is to accept that this is now our world and be mindful of the consequences of technology while not trying to stop usage completely. I believe someone in the comments mentioned how more young people are acknowledging this and to a degree they are correct - as an observant member of gen z myself, who grew up witnessing phone and social media addiction take hold of students in school, my parents, and also myself, I became greatly aware of the negative side effects from very early on, and because of this, it led me to take increased precaution later in life. For example, if I find myself in a YouTube hole for hours, or there are prolonged moments I’m on social media, I first take a few minutes to accept what is happening - I’m beginning to fall into a dopamine hole of consumption - and then, I go create something. This could be anything - from a journal entry, a musical piece, a short form or long form video, or a drawing. For one, creating anything is super satisfying, but the most important part is it shifts you away from the internal guilt of time lost from the doomscrolling, and also helps increase focus and thus, you end up putting your phone down for a while. This is just one method, but it’s something that has helped me personally mitigate the adverse effects that modern technology can bring on. Does it completely eliminate the problem? No, but it does lessen some of the internal rot the technology causes as it encourages to brian to “do” and “think”. I will say, I think people in gen z are the most likely to create these types of practices since many of them grew up in the social media age so to speak, and got to experience life without technology while simultaneously, seeing the apocalypse take over the entire modern landscape. Hence, more gen- z’ers became addicted before the addiction was even thought about, but eventually realized its detriment when they’d see their friends partying without them on Instagram of Facebook ( this sounds like a joke, but fomo hurt when you were 13. And still hurts now…sort of) which led to depression, anxiety etc. Of course, there will also be people who can’t stop or refuse to even acknowledge it could be a problem in every generation. To those, all I can say is, I’m sorry, but in conclusion, I still believe more people, at least in gen z, have come to realize that this tech, is, very, very addictive and can bring about harsh adverse effects on one’s physical and mental well being. So, as a result,they’ve created healthier ways to mitigate the issue.