Should we become our own algorithms?

It's hard to avoid cliches when talking about social media. Their built-in algorithms grab our attention and increase our worries. They were made to keep us coming back. Psychologist Anna Lembke compares the effect of social media apps to the effect of heroin, meth, or alcohol. And like any addiction, to overcome it, we need to reset how our brain's reward system works 1 . Image Source: Europeana…