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    Social Media Is Not Heroin

    You may think you scroll too much, but psychologists caution against calling it an addiction. The post Social Media Is Not Heroin appeared first on Nautilus.
    by Tasnuva Elahi Nov 29, 2023 3 minutes

    Social media is exhausting. The sheer volume of information about humanity contained in just a few minutes of scrolling is almost too much to contemplate: Wrenching accounts of global violence mix with photos from your third cousin’s country wedding and surprising tales of human-animal friendship. Then there’s the of flipping through a buddy’s vacation pictures to Bhutan or Berlin while you’re on the couch in sweatpants. Even cute cat videos overwhelm after a while.

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