Author: M. Kay
Publisher: Indie
Published: December 27, 2025
This book answers the question of why we are emotionally attached to social media. It doesn’t attempt to get you to become a digital nomad, but encourages you ask yourself a series of questions to self-analyze your use: 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?
The author doesn’t assume that you will give up social media, even knowing the ways that the algorithm tricks you into staying engaged (scrolling). They provide some tips to help you use your time online wisely, and more efficiently:
• Spot the algorithm’s tricks
• Engage actively, consume passively less
• Practice the pause
• Question the urge
There is some repetition, but I love that the tone of the book doesn’t come off preachy – the author admits to her share of scrolling. They used research and provided citations under suggested readings. This may just be the wake-up call you need to become a more informed consumer of social media, and to make you feel better about the time you do spend online.
Thank you to Hidden Gems for the opportunity to read an advance reader’s copy.
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