Social media hijacking our minds?, the boredom problem, wage growth illusion, and what's going on with Texas and the polar vortex?

Social media hijacking our minds?, the boredom problem, wage growth illusion, and what's going on with Texas and the polar vortex? OOHHH and Bitcoin over $50k!!!

Is Social Media Hijacking Our Minds? - source

"When my patients come into my office seeking help, they are compulsively engaging in behaviors on the Internet for hours each day, days at a time, to the exclusion of many other activities, including basic self-care. They derive little or no pleasure from these activities yet are unable to stop even when they want to. Everything else in their life has gone gray. They feel unreal, anxious, depressed, and in some cases suicidal. They are typically alone and lonely, a paradox since many of the behaviors they’re engaging in online are presumably about connecting to other people. What is happening here is they’re in a dopamine deficit state – clinically analogous to a deep depression – and they’ve lost the ability to choose not to use. Hacking of the mind indeed."

The boredom problem -
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom." - Terry Pratchett

The wage growth illusion according to the FED - source

"The majority of the workforce, many of whom are well paid, was largely insulated from the pandemic. In contrast, there were huge job losses for those who work in hard-hit sectors like hospitality where wages are often low. The average level of pay went up because most of the job losses were concentrated amongst the low paid and it will go back down as and when they are re-hired. Changes in overtime hours in these sectors if demand does come roaring back could further muddy the waters. Bottom line: it will be hard to tell what is happening to underlying pay pressure."

What's going on with Texas and the polar vortex - source 1, source 2

This is climate/civilization collapse. This is what it looks like. I think some people are waiting for some kind of global cataclysm like you'd see in a disaster movie. That’s most likely not going to happen. It will be death by a thousand cuts. FOLLOW THE BREADCRUMBS

Commissioner Miller says farmers and ranchers across the state are seeing devastating effects from the cold weather on livestock, feed and agriculture products.

As Texas Agriculture Commissioner, I’m issuing a red alert regarding agriculture and our food supply chain here in the state of Texas," Miller said in a news release. "I’m getting calls from farmers and ranchers across the state reporting that the interruptions in electricity and natural gas are having a devastating effect on their operations."

"In just one example, dairy operations are dumping $8 million worth of milk down the drains every day because the plants that process that milk don’t have power. Grocery stores are already unable to get shipments of dairy products. Store shelves are already empty. We’re looking at a food supply chain problem like we’ve never seen before, even with COVID-19," Miller said.

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