There are harms related to social media that are well recognized now. There are harms related to prolonged AI use which are less well understood. People still use both out of fomo. We want to be on the edge of what’s possible. Although there are great alternatives like cold email, people still read and write on LinkedIn and X to not miss out of opportunities.
However, you should be conscious of how much you have to expose yourself to these platforms and whether it’s worth the exposure. It is near impossible to imagine how people that maintain a presence don’t have to constantly keep up with and read tons of stuff on these platforms to figure out what’s working and capture alpha from trends while their at the peak.
There’s similar harms to writing with LLMs. But also, think about how much of your reading is LLM. This is becoming difficult to know but so much of business writing is AI generated. If you don’t read/write great writing, you risk sounding bad.
These feel like the cigarettes of tomorrow. I don’t think digital detox is the answer but focusing on harm reduction around utilizing these tools in way which doesn’t shape you (or malform you).