Reboot Yourself | Jake Haber

Check out our first message of 2025 as we explore the idea of "rebooting" our relationship to technology, information, one-another, and ultimately, ourselves. 

 

Quotes:

 

Sherry Turkle:

“We are being overwhelmed with information, but our capacity for empathy, reflection, and human connection isn’t growing to match."

 

Eckhart Tolle:

“The human mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. The internet amplifies this truth —it distracts us unless we remain conscious.”

 

Robin Dunbar:

“The limit imposed by the Dunbar number is not about technology or physical space; it’s about the wiring of our brains. Our capacity for meaningful social relationships is bounded by our biology.”

 

Jaron Lanier:

“Social media amplifies the worst in us because outrage is its most profitable emotion. The algorithms don’t care about truth; they care about engagement.”

 

Tristan Harris:

“Outrage spreads six times faster than joy on social media. It’s not because people are angrier than ever; it’s because the systems are designed to reward it.”

 

James Baldwin:

“You cannot fix everything that is wrong in a society by screaming at it. Outrage, without action or introspection, is merely performative anger.”

 

Brené Brown:

“Outrage culture uses shame as a weapon, but it doesn’t build connection or foster understanding. It creates walls, not bridges.”

 

Leo Tolstoy:

“Do not destroy what you cannot replace.”

 

Martin Luther King Jr.

 “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

 

Mahatma Gandhi:

“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”

 

Alan Watts:

“Technology extends our reach but cannot replace the joy of living simply, fully, and presently.”