Fight Tech with Tech: Take Control of Your Digital Environment

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TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT FIGHT TECH WITH TECH!

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Me & Tech: We go way back… Middle school High school College

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2016: It was time to retreat… …for 4 months! nyingmainstitute.com

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Watching the mind while… Meditating Sweeping Washing Dishes Yoga’ing Painting Eavesdropping

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Eavesdropping Yes,

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I want to be A Good Person© I want to feel safe! Why, mind, why?

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CHANGE MY ENVIRONMENT! It was time to…

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Ah, the sound of silence…

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What did I learn?

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BACK TO THE REAL WORLD - Oh noes! Retreat over -

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BACK TO THE REAL WORLD Friends! Dancing! Costumes!

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I was avoiding one thing….

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or…

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TECHNOLOGY IS A TOOL Why not both? And tools can be used for good or bad.

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Coding is so fun!

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Except when… Agghhh, this is hard.

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DISTRACTION TIME! Just A Tab Away

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They lure you in…

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…whether you like it or not humanetech.com/app-ratings

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CHANGE MY ENVIRONMENT! It was time to…

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No News is Good News (for me) sudo vi /etc/hosts

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“Never read comments on the internet.” - Someone Famous https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hide-comments-everywhere/bmhkdngdngchlneelllmdennfpmepbnc

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FACEBOOK Oh,

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Bye bye, News feed! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kill-news-feed/hjobfcedfgohjkaieocljfcppjbkglfd

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YouTube “Recommendations”, everywhere!

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Ah, white space! ytd-browse[role="main"][page-subtype="home"] #contents { visibility: hidden !important; } https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-unhooked/fkhfakakdbjcdipdgnbfngaljiecclaf

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Medium But I just came here to write…

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Aw, how kind of you to ask! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chaldheﬀndbdmcoehdjhdllpnchﬀdo

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Twitter Okay, so I’m anti-social…

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Mirror media! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/imcokhibdjkdgepeadnipppignmnicnb

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Tech to Fight Tech There’s so much more… habitlab.stanford.edu humanetech.com

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TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT FIGHT TECH WITH TECH! P.S. You can also use non-tech to ﬁght tech, like meditative and attention training practices, but that’s a talk for another day….