Social networks: tool or addiction?
How many times have you opened Instagram just because you were in line at the supermarket, waiting for the bus, or sitting on the toilet? It seems like a harmless gesture - almost automatic - but maybe it says more about us than we’d like to admit. Social medi a was created as a tool. Today, in many cases, it functions as an addiction. There’s a phrase I hear often: “I’m not addicted, I’m just checking what’s going on”. But that “checking” happens over and over again throughout the day. Any moment of boredom, silence or waiting is instantly filled by the gesture of unlocking the phone and opening a social app. The absence of stimulation has become uncomfortable, and so we chase dopamine with every tap. Then there’s another classic excuse: “I work with social media”. I believe you. Many of us really do have a professional link to the digital world. But are the hours spent scrolling through viral videos, generic quotes, and this week’s controversies truly “work”? O...
