*robbery rage* *Hamid Mir* * We had heard a lot of stories about the amazing corruption of politicians. Yesterday afternoon we had the opportunity to hear the corruption stories of a man who, who, who, who, who, for many years, years, years, years, was both a wonder and anathema to many politicians. This person's name was Faiz Hameed. *I thought that I knew a lot about the person, person, person, person, but yesterday I met three such personalities at a friend's place, and after listening to their conversation, I felt that Faiz Hameed is not the head of any intelligence agency but of an underworld gang from 2019 to 2021. were* *After hearing the stories of Faiz Hameed's looting, I had to admit that there are other places beyond the stars and there are many more tests to trace Faiz's corruption.* * A businessman present in this gathering did not say anything that was heard, but he was telling his own bait. In 2021, a false case was made against hi...
How can smartphone technology and social media apps be best used in the context of achieving one's goals and objectives?
How can smartphone technology and social media apps be best used in the context of achieving one's goals and objectives?
How can one avoid algorithms that create confusion in the human mind and scatter human thoughts?
When there are no fixed goals and objectives in a person's life, then it is a "natural" thing to have unrelated thoughts in the human mind, to be confused and to spend one's time and energies in purposeless and unproductive activities. .
According to some researchers and survey reports, in general, smart phone users take out their phone at least fifty-eight times and at most one hundred and fifty-eight times a day, looking at something or doing some activity on it. .
In a report published by an American journal about the American nation, a number of 158 has been given. Since we don't have any such survey system, we can understand the psychology of the Pakistani nation using the smart phone based on the psychology of the American nation. I think we are two hands ahead of the Americans in terms of unnecessary phone use
One of the main reasons for this is that we as a nation are consumers, not creators and producers. We often buy and use other people's things, much less make them.
Similarly, in today's digital and social media era, we create digital content and digital products much less and consume more. And the type of content and the nature of use is also such that it does not increase intelligence or income.
How can you reduce your smartphone usage?
Or rather, how can you bring your consumption to the level you need?
Now, whether that need is ten times a day, ten minutes, fifty times or five hours. It depends on each user's need, purpose and nature of work.
Here are some tips to make your phone usage fruitful and productive:
1. Find/determine your major life purpose
2. Determine what you need to learn and do to achieve that big goal
3. Make a list of what tasks and situations you need to use your phone for.
4. Then make a list of which apps you need to install to get things done.
5. Install only the apps you need.
6. Now make a list of the features you need from the apps you have installed. Just use those features. For example, if all you need on WhatsApp is to communicate and publish digital content in the updates section, then use only these features. Do not use channels. Don't see every status that pops up in your updates section.
Technology companies try to keep you fully engaged and entangled with their apps, so that you do more activities on the apps and stay engaged with the apps. The business model of technology companies is based on using your phone and digital content.
For this, technology companies design their digital products based on the features suggested by attention engineers and create such an environment that the user interacts with his phone, device or gadget. Sticking and scrolling through it for no reason, user(user) becomes an involuntary function and habit of subconscious mind.
For example, consider the design and structure of some apps:
WhatsApp: Updates - Status + Channels
Facebook: News Feed, Stories, Reels, People You May Convo
Facebook Messenger: Stories
Instagram: Stories, Rails
Common in All: Digital-Rewards, Likes, Hearts and Comments Attic
Then there is one more thing in all of them that keeps coming into your ear saying that so-and-so has uploaded so-and-so, so-and-so has released so-and-so. So-and-so has arrived at so-and-so store, so-and-so has this new model, so-and-so has sent you a message, etc. And that's it, an algorithmic notification full of your likes and interests that not only tells you "things" but also previews them.
Because of which you get distracted again and again. Your focus is not on one task.
So what to do? Stop using social media? Stop using apps?
no! No need to leave. It needs to be used correctly.
Make a list of all the channels, websites and web resources you need to visit regularly for your work, business or learning, copy and paste their links. And then visit any digital platform or channel from the same list, not every channel where algorithmic notifications and "previews" take you.
The basic idea is that "your use of technology and digital tools" should drive your to-do list, goals and plans, not things designed by companies' attention engineers or algorithmic notifications, so that technology can be integrated into your work. Be useful for you and not a distraction and a waste of time.
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