You need a social media detox! I had one. Here’s what I learned.

Erikjan Lantink
3 min readNov 28, 2023

Algorithms are addictive.

We live in a wonderfully dangerous world. A world that confronts us daily with multiple realities.

On the good side, the world we live in is developing so that more and more opportunity is available to us.

With the right mindset, an inspiring dose of creativity, and a healthy level of determination and discipline can turn into significant levels of achievement.

On the darker side, technology, fast-paced change, and polarization can turn our world into an increased arena of hostility.

Algorithms are addictive.

Algorithms are turning us into self-centered, brainwashed, hyper individuals who no longer are receptive to the ideas of others.

Conflict and polarization are on the rise.

A few months ago, I felt I was spending too much time with my screens, often mindlessly scrolling through my apps and their content.

A week of checking my screen time and amount of phone pickups proved that I wasn’t being mindful and intentional about my screen usage.

I was wasting time.

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Erikjan Lantink

Business & Leadership coach. Interim Leader. Writer. Speaker. Former Retail Executive (general management; operations; HR)