# Harms to wellbeing

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## [About the Harms to wellbeing category](https://community.humanetech.com/t/about-the-harms-to-wellbeing-category/3836)

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**Author:** [@aschrijver](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aschrijver)\
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## [Art project: The Toilet (sc)roller](https://community.humanetech.com/t/art-project-the-toilet-sc-roller/5169)

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**Author:** [@thorgalle](https://community.humanetech.com/u/thorgalle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/art-project-the-toilet-sc-roller/5169 "2021-02-14T18:48:11Z")

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Hey all, I just wanted to share this awesome art project by Ilse Pouwels that makes you think about how healthy it is to scroll your phone while on the loo. Bumped on it on the internet just now. https://www.instagram.c…

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## [Rich Lota: How expensive tech is prioritized against basic life necessities](https://community.humanetech.com/t/rich-lota-how-expensive-tech-is-prioritized-against-basic-life-necessities/5067)

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**Author:** [@biswa](https://community.humanetech.com/u/biswa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/rich-lota-how-expensive-tech-is-prioritized-against-basic-life-necessities/5067 "2020-11-12T23:09:22Z")

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It can be a challenge for someone to reduce use of social media because they want to give time to family, they want to give time to other productive field. The worst condition I have ever witnessed is people who cannot …

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## [Technology & Awakening](https://community.humanetech.com/t/technology-awakening/4500)

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**Author:** [@Foobird22](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Foobird22)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 6:42am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/technology-awakening/4500 "2019-11-20T06:42:43Z")

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A method of Inquiry to see how addicted we are to our technology and how to use it humanely. consciously

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## [Screen Use Tied to Children's Brain Development](https://community.humanetech.com/t/screen-use-tied-to-childrens-brain-development/4492)

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**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/screen-use-tied-to-childrens-brain-development/4492 "2019-11-06T03:37:37Z")

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“In a study, preschoolers who used screen less had better language skills.” Screen time is associated with the degree of myelination of the nerve cells and thus affects the signaling efficiency of the neurons.The message…

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## [How nighttime tablet and phone use disturbs sleep](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-nighttime-tablet-and-phone-use-disturbs-sleep/4288)

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**Author:** [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/how-nighttime-tablet-and-phone-use-disturbs-sleep/4288 "2019-08-02T10:57:15Z")

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“Bedtime reading with a tablet or a smartphone can interfere with a goodnight’s sleep, some studies and many anecdotal reports suggest. Now researchers have conducted a small experiment to test the idea.” https://www.nyt…

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## [Cellphone Radiation Research](https://community.humanetech.com/t/cellphone-radiation-research/2947)

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**Author:** [@Dori](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Dori)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/cellphone-radiation-research/2947 "2018-11-02T22:12:46Z")

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Cellphone radiation levels are not top of mind with most users. The final reports from a 2 decades long study were issued this week (the FDA commissioned the National Toxicology Program (NTP) to conduct research due to l…

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## [The Shallows - What the Internet is Doing to Our Brain (by Nicholas Carr)](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-shallows-what-the-internet-is-doing-to-our-brain-by-nicholas-carr/1569)

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**Author:** [@aniket](https://community.humanetech.com/u/aniket)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/the-shallows-what-the-internet-is-doing-to-our-brain-by-nicholas-carr/1569 "2018-04-01T19:56:51Z")

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I develop an Internet blocker for Linux called Chomper. As part of my R&D for thinking about further developing Chomper, I read and wrote a review of Nicholas Carr’s “The Shallows”. It’s many people’s introduction to the…
