"To me, one of the most troubling ways social media has been used in recent years is to foment waves of hysteria and fear, both by news media and by users themselves.

Whipped into a permanent state of frenzy, people create and subject themselves to news cycles, complaining of anxiety at the same time they check back ever more diligently.

The logic of advertising and clicks dictate the media experience, which is exploitative by design.

Media companies trying to keep up with each other create a kind of 'arms race' of urgency that abuses our attention and leaves us no time to think.

The result is something like the sleep-deprivation tactics the military uses on detainees, but on a larger scale"

(Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy)