{"id":334478,"date":"2021-10-19T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T19:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/19\/social-media-is-the-matrix\/"},"modified":"2021-10-19T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T19:37:10","slug":"social-media-is-the-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/19\/social-media-is-the-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE MATRIX."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let us not be fooled: social media is the matrix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you desire more happiness, productivity, well-being and power, you must unplug yourself from the social media matrix. A simple and modest step: delete your Instagram. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop listening to podcasts because it will crowd out your own unique thoughts. Better to listen to music than podcasts, because music has the power to uplift and motivate you, whereas podcasts are designed to tell you why what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing is wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Take the red pill or the blue pill?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I see the difference is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking the red pill is like starting your own self hosted wordpress.org blog, and taking the blue pill is just using Instagram or Facebook.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    Refuse to be a sheeperson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The Internet meme says wake up Sheeple! Yet ironically enough, if you still use Reddit, you are a sheepperson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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