{"id":1666594,"date":"2022-09-30T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666594"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:42:11","slug":"big-tech-has-millions-of-young-people-drunk-on-digital-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-has-millions-of-young-people-drunk-on-digital-toxins\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Tech Has Millions Of Young People Drunk On \u2018Digital Toxins\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-tech-has-millions-of-young-people-drunk-on-digital-toxins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1666594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Social media is a digital toxin. Like alcohol or other drugs, it\u2019s incredibly addictive and harmful to one\u2019s mental health. No one can quit, because nearly everyone is unbelievably attached.<\/p>\n<p>This is outlined by Dr. Nicholas Kardaras in an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/17\/how-social-media-is-literally-making-teens-mentally-ill-doctor\/\">article<\/a> for the New York Post entitled, \u201cHow social media is literally making teens mentally ill.\u201d I recently covered it on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-10-american-teens-are-becoming-mentally-ill-because-of-this-scary-trend-2\">podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Dr. Nicholas notes, the addiction is by Big Tech\u2019s design. Social media is set up to make addicts of us and our children. They\u2019re incentivized to. Who doesn\u2019t want lifelong customers and sellable data to a big pool of marketers, corporations, and political influencers? They intentionally encroach on the hallowed ground of independent thoughts because there is money to be made and power to be accrued.<\/p>\n<p>Many people, because of their own addiction to it, ignore the malicious and catastrophic underbelly of social media; oftentimes because they don\u2019t see a way out of their own addiction.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a way out. It is not impossible to have a healthy relationship with social media. I myself have successfully built up a psychological immune system against it and its pervasive techniques.<\/p>\n<p>After thinking about how I maintain my healthy relationship with social media, I was able to narrow it down to three simple techniques which I want to share with you today.<\/p>\n<p>The first is to make sure that you are a whole person in real life. And by whole person, I mean, body, mind, and soul. Are you working hard on a career that\u2019s real? Are you interacting with others who lift you up and offer support in a physical community with you? Are you taking care of your soul?<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not a whole person in real life, then you will be easily manipulated and consumed by social media.<\/p>\n<p>This is why children are so susceptible. They\u2019re not developed. They\u2019re not ready. They aren\u2019t full people yet so to speak. The last thing they need is to add an addiction to their already young and developing minds.<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t encourage your child to start drinking for twelve hours a day. But when it comes to social media, that\u2019s exactly what we allow our children to do. I\u2019ve said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/three-reasons-to-keep-your-kids-off-social-media\">before<\/a> and I\u2019ll say it again \u2014 there\u2019s no reason for your child to have social media. I cringe when I see nine-year-olds on TikTok. My children will not have social media, and I hope you\u2019ll do the same. Or at least reconsider a previous decision to let them.<\/p>\n<p>The second technique is to know \u2014 and if you don\u2019t know, ask yourself \u2014 what treasures you want to accumulate in life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let me put it another way. Who are you following in the online world? Is it Kim Kardashian? Is it Instagram models, rich influencers, and make-up artists? It should be people that lift you up and inspire you to live a better, realistic, and fuller life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t follow many accounts on Instagram, but when I do, I like to follow one that are beautiful and point me to life in the physical world. I like to follow accounts which encourage me to do more, or become better. Say, farming in my backyard. Or more aesthetically inclined accounts, like home design. I also like following families that are in my life, because I love seeing their photos and they often inspire me.<\/p>\n<p>The third way to combat the negative effects of social media is to say what you mean. As I\u2019ve mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/is-it-cheating-emily-ratajkowski-and-why-your-online-avatar-needs-to-match-your-real-world-behavior\">before<\/a>, don\u2019t create an avatar for yourself. Ask yourself whether you\u2019d do it in real life before you post that comment or that picture.<\/p>\n<p>For example, many of us during a crisis, will comment and say that we\u2019re \u201cpraying.\u201d I just had a moment like this last week when talking to one of my girlfriends. I texted her and said, \u201cwe\u2019re praying for you guys.\u201d But then I stopped myself, because I realized I didn\u2019t actually pray for her at that moment. And I wasn\u2019t planning to. It was just something I said. So, I paused and said a short prayer.<\/p>\n<p>This is my final and most important point. Don\u2019t make a fake version of yourself online. Be a whole person in life, and allow that to dictate your relationship to your device and through it, your relationship with social media. You will then naturally tend towards a more whole, happy, and healthy lifestyle. As will your children \u2014 watching the example you set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is a digital toxin. Like alcohol or other drugs, it\u2019s incredibly addictive and harmful to one\u2019s mental health. No one can quit, because nearly everyone is unbelievably attached. 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