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The Thing She Didn't Know's avatar

I loved this podcast. I sometimes feel "out of it" because I avoid apps, but it makes it easier to remove them because they aren't even there.:)

It's a balance. I recently deleted my Instagram account and then wondered if I am taking myself out of the game of life? I can almost hear Roman say, "How bout a board game?"..thanks to you both for the continued inspiration to stay present in the human experience of being alive. It is radical!

Roman S Shapoval's avatar

Thank you for letting us know you loved the podcast! Yes we got off IG a while back, but anytime a friend sends a link to it, we find ourselves getting sucked in very easily. What I've found helps me (Roman) is staying in touch with the top 10 friends I would have normally followed on instagram via email/ phone (I made my own Instagram list of 'top connections') Board games are always great....anytime of year! I guess the best barometer of seeing how much you've 'taken yourself out of life' is by seeing how you feel months after this, years after - if you have more clarity, and your relationships have improved in quality...

Good on you for trying make some radical changes! The only way things ever change is if we try to make them change!

The Thing She Didn't Know's avatar

Thanks Roman, I love the idea to stay in touch with your top 10 IG friends in other ways! I will try this. :)

Jeffrey Strahl's avatar

Sweden can sound so idyllic

As long as one overlooks the membership in NATO (joined 2 years ago) and the full participation in war preps for the European theater in the coming WW3,

Or the implementation of social impact investing and digital IDs,

https://wrenchinthegears.com/2021/01/06/an-open-letter-to-zach-buch-about-impact-agriculture/

Sweden just embarked on the world’s first Health Impact Bond {link} focused on diabetes in partnership with Social Finance UK and Social Finance Israel. This project is being carried out in connection with United Nations Development Goal 3, Health. I am including a map below outlining the complexity of this project as it relates to global investment in wearable tech, mHealth, smart fabrics, and DNA nudge bands tracking food purchases.

Or this,

In their 2014 book, The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, former editors of the free market Economist magazine, applauded Sweden as model for the future. The authors, whose explicitly right-wing political orientation is made clear by their contention that the assault waged on the working class by Thatcher and Reagan did not go far enough, wrote, “The streets of Stockholm are awash with the blood of sacred cows. The local think tanks are overflowing with fresh ideas about welfare entrepreneurs and lean management. Indeed, Sweden has done most of the things that politicians know they ought to do but seldom have the courage to attempt.”