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		jessaustin on Oct 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fea... Improvement of society starts with improvement of self. If we each refuse to cooperate, by curtailing our "use" of various horrible online services, we can be the inspiration for our families and communities to do the same. I like to think that, but I have not-so-distant family who, after learning I would not join FaceBook just to help them with a problem they claimed was quite important to them but would be very responsive over plain old-fashioned email, haven't sent a single email.

intended on Oct 9, 2017 [–]

Send an email yourself I guess.

Perhaps there’s a set of minimally laborious actions on our part, that re-trigger the growth of old habits and mental connections.

But now that I write that I’m worried someone is figuring out a model/way to do the opposite.

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