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

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

How to Be a Better Human

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…

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