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This is a technology equivalent of “purposefully don’t drink water for several days and see yourself nearly die”.

It’s all perspective. I think your phone number is more like water. If anything happens to your phone, you can simply take one physical trip down to your carriers store and get a new one with the same number. That’s water.

A bunch of email accounts that your whole life is tied down to where you can’t even get someone on customer service on the line 24/7? No, that’s Soda.

I’m just saying, this is the diet equivalent of giving up sugary drinks and switching to water.

It's actually an exercise in True freedom, trying to detach your life from all socials/spaces

Remove/minimize socials, move to multiple countries more than a couple times a year. form new friend groups/communities, learning to min-max essentials

Diet: try fasting, appreciate simple meals after a lengthy fast

I’m aware, but the message of was lost on a few in my original post.

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