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DoomsdaysCW<p>Should we add "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkinJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkinJobs</span></a>" and "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toasters</span></a>" and "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoRustYourself" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoRustYourself</span></a>" to this list?</p><p>How ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clanker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clanker</span></a>’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur</p><p>New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p><p>by CT Jones, August 6, 2025</p><p>"Clanker. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wireback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wireback</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cogsucker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cogsucker</span></a>. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs. </p><p>"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaziChatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziChatbots</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LargeLanguageModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModels</span></a> — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages. </p><p>"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProblemSolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProblemSolving</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CognitiveFunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveFunction</span></a>. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang </p><p>" '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slang</span></a> is moving so fast now that an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UrbanDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanDictionary</span></a> are always going to win.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/clanker-cogsucker-robot-ai-slurs-viral-1235401262/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/culture/cultu</span><span class="invisible">re-features/clanker-cogsucker-robot-ai-slurs-viral-1235401262/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/ku2Uw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ku2Uw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BattlestarGalactica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BattlestarGalactica</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoLuddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLuddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmartPhoneAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartPhoneAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AreYouAlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AreYouAlive</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AreYouHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AreYouHuman</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Tooden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tooden</span></a></span> Also, all teens are vulnerable these days. I think it's useful to look at what the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> folks are doing / have done as examples of what can be used to replace addictive technology in one's life. Just my two cents...</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Tooden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tooden</span></a></span> Actually, it's based on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> -- who are a bunch of teens who traded smartphones for dumb phones. I've been following their exploits for a while now. And tbh, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechAddiction</span></a> in young folks is getting real bad. I'm about to post some eye-opening articles I came across recently...</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The teen '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a>' rethinking how they use tech ahead of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>'s#under16's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMediaBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMediaBan</span></a></p><p>By Lucia Stein and Fiona Pepper for Brain Rot</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/luddites-phone-free-australia-teen-social-media-ban/105343034" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/lud</span><span class="invisible">dites-phone-free-australia-teen-social-media-ban/105343034</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalWellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalWellbeing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teenagers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoinTheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoinTheLudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MeaningfulConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeaningfulConnections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReadBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CreateArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreateArt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WriteBadPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WriteBadPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePresent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechAddiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmartPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartPhones</span></a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>abcfeeds</span></a></span> Excellent! New members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCulture</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalWellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalWellbeing</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teenagers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaikaWaititi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaikaWaititi</span></a> made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's lives</p><p>By Sourav Chakraborty<br>Modified May 03, 2025 04:54 GMT</p><p>" 'Exactly, now they’ve all got iPads and it’s done for them! I think it’s really important for a kid to be left alone and left to figure it out for themselves how to pass the time. As a kid, I spent so much time bored and coming up with ideas of how to do things, so I’d write stories or I’d draw pictures or invent worlds through drawing or just in my head, just thinking about things. I think that a lot of my creativity has really come from being bored.' " [SO TRUE!!!]</p><p><a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/movies/it-s-really-important-kid-left-alone-when-taika-waititi-made-feelings-clear-role-tech-children-s-life" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sportskeeda.com/us/movies/it-s</span><span class="invisible">-really-important-kid-left-alone-when-taika-waititi-made-feelings-clear-role-tech-children-s-life</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmartphoneAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartphoneAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechIsDumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIsDumbingUsDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Imagination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Imagination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoLuddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLuddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LessScreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreBoardGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreOutdoorTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreOutdoorTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlipPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlipPhones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurnOffYourPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurnOffYourPhone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePresent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThinkForYourself" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkForYourself</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistTheMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistTheMachine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoSmartphonesForKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoSmartphonesForKids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lipn.info/@cazencott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cazencott</span></a></span> The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a>?</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Now in College, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeTeens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeTeens</span></a> Still Don’t Want Your Likes</p><p>Three years after starting a club meant to fight <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a>’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.</p><p>By Alex Vadukul<br>Jan. 30, 2025</p><p>"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.<br>She taped a flier to a pole: '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoinTheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoinTheLudditeClub</span></a> For <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MeaningfulConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeaningfulConnections</span></a>.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'</p><p>"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch. </p><p>"'Our club promotes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConsciousConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsciousConsumption</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>,' she said. 'We’re for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanConnection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanConnection</span></a>. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brooklyn</span></a>. Now I’m trying to start it in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philly</span></a>.</p><p>"She pulled out a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlipPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlipPhone</span></a>, mystifying her recruit.</p><p>"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'<br>If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York. </p><p>"But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.<br> <br>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine. </p><p>"They <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sketched" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sketched</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/painted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>painted</span></a> side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dostoyevsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dostoyevsky</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kerouac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kerouac</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vonnegut</span></a>. They sat on logs and groused about how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.</p><p>"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RalphNader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RalphNader</span></a> endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'" </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/l</span><span class="invisible">uddite-teens-reunion.html</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoLuddite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLuddite</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LessScreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreBoardGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreOutdoorTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreOutdoorTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlipPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlipPhones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistTheMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistTheMachine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Why teens are giving up their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> and joining the '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a>'</p><p>Avery Hartmans, October 2022</p><p>"Since giving up her smartphone, Shub says she has more space to think creatively, more time to read, and better concentration. She and many of her friends have given up Instagram and they prefer phone calls over texting.</p><p>"'If I have one overarching message for my fellow teenagers, it's this: Spend time getting to know yourself and exploring the world around you,' Shub writes. 'It's so much more fulfilling — and so much more real — than the one inside your expensive little box.'"</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teens-ditching-smartphones-social-media-to-become-luddites-2022-10" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/teens-ditc</span><span class="invisible">hing-smartphones-social-media-to-become-luddites-2022-10</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/jOSNU#selection-1715.0-1737.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/jOSNU#selection-171</span><span class="invisible">5.0-1737.0</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurnOffYourPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurnOffYourPhone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePresent</span></a></p>