How to stop doomscrolling — and what to do instead? (w/ Katherine Cross)

如何停止“末日滚动”——以及可以做什么来替代?(与凯瑟琳·克罗斯)

How to Be a Better Human

2025-09-08

39 分钟
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Is it effective to engage with politics on social media — and what does it take to make actual change? Katherine Cross is a researcher on online harassment and the author of Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix. She shares why she believes social media is “anti-political” and how virtual engagement will not achieve the necessary political work for us. Katherine and Chris also discuss the limitations of short-form content in conveying decades of geopolitical strife, why our lives would be better off without social media, and the guardrails platforms could utilize to help users engage with posts critically and to slow down viral misinformation.  Follow Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com) Guest: Katherine Cross (Website: ischool.uw.edu/people/phd/profile/kcross1)  Links Log Off Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted YouTube: @TED TikTok: @tedtoks LinkedIn: @ted-conferences Website: ted.com Podcasts: ted.com/podcasts For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • You're listening to How to Be a Better Human.

  • I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

  • Today on the show,

  • we're going to try and unpack something that I've been personally struggling with for a while now.

  • What does it mean to try to be a better human on social media?

  • Is it even possible?

  • Because so many of the lessons that I've learned from guests on this show feel especially challenging to put into place online.

  • How do you treat other people with respect?

  • How do you set boundaries?

  • How do you take care of yourself?

  • How do you attempt to improve the world we live in

  • while you're on these platforms that have been such a big part of our daily lives?

  • For a long time, I would have told you that I just genuinely have no clue how to do that.

  • And I also would have struggled to articulate a reason about why it is so difficult.

  • But then I read a book by today's guest, Catherine Cross.

  • It's called Log Off.

  • why posting and politics almost never mix.

  • And log off is a thoughtful, nuanced,

  • and provocative argument that we are going to talk to Catherine about today.

  • Here's a clip.