#98: Analogue Doomscrolling

Have you ever grabbed your phone to respond to a text message, only to look up an hour later after getting swept into a hazy deluge of political arguments, LLM-written articles about the future of AI, and cringey videos of people dancing?In today’s episode, we explore the idea of “analogue doomscrolling,” an alternative to the algorithmically-determined torrent of information and negativity that’s magnanimously provided to us by news sites and social media feeds at any given moment. What if, instead of endlessly scrolling through a screen, we redirected that urge to wander toward the physical world? If you’re looking for a way to satisfy your curiosity, get creatively inspired, escape the algorithm, and remain rooted in the world around you, this brief odyssey into the wide world of knowledge may be exactly what you’re looking for. The inspiration for this episode: https://youtu.be/e41DYhnA2_A?si=96lYW9myRU_AaMsN