They say you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with. I used to think about the most natural relationships — family, friends, partners. Now? I think of #Podcasts We ❤️ It turns out I listen to about 8 hours of podcasts a week. That’s more time than I spend with most of my friends or family. Maybe that sounds antisocial, but I’m not alone. The data shows this is a trend, especially among younger generations as we spend more time online plugged into bad screens during the day and good screens at night, with recent research showing that as of 2023, around 46% of teens reported being online “almost all of the time.” #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 In a piece from The Atlantic earlier this year Derek Thompson described this phenomenon as part of “The Anti-Social Century,” where leisure has become increasingly privatized through streaming, social media, and personalized entertainment. We’re not just consuming more in private, we’re socializing less by default. Meanwhile, podcasting continues its not-so-quiet takeover: according to Edison Research, 55% of Americans age 12+ now listen monthly, and 34% listen weekly. Are we choosing our inputs mindfully, or are we being shaped by voices we didn’t consciously select? https://medium.com/@colin..