Take A Break From The Feed w/ Amanda Mull
· 1 h 03 min · Episode 323
Episode Take A Break From The Feed w/ Amanda Mull
Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the effects of constantly “monitoring the situation” through custom news, social, or live feeds, including higher rates of anxiety and disconnection, and what can be done to recalibrate.
Amanda Mull is a senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek and writes the Buying Power column.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
Also mentioned in this episode:
• Amanda wrote about what it means to be monitoring the situation. • Feeling overwhelmed by technology? There’s a club for that. • Looking for a source of tech news? Checkout Aftermath, or Disconnect. • Friend of the pod Casey Johnston has written about her DIY dumbphone method and reducing social media use.
Support the show
Links in the notes 9
- https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AW1_jD-e1dM/amanda-mull
- https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-03-23/-monitoring-the-situation-is-how-the-internet-handles-crisis
- https://www.ludditeclubdoc.com
- https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/
- https://disconnect.blog/author/parismarx/
- https://www.shesabeast.co/the-diy-dumbphone-method/
- https://www.shesabeast.co/how-to-return-to-the-real-world-from-social-media/
- https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus
Transcript
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