WEBVTT - Less clickbait. More curation. 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to maintain a list of online content

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to enjoy, because, especially in these anxious times,

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<v Speaker 1>we can all benefit from less clickbait and more curation

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<v Speaker 1>and our electronic reading and viewing when you need a

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<v Speaker 1>brain break. It can be fun to read an article

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<v Speaker 1>or look at other content online, but it's easy to

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<v Speaker 1>get lost in the black hole of mindless scrolling. You

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<v Speaker 1>start by reading an article that interests you, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you follow one link after another. Much time can pass

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<v Speaker 1>before you realize that you didn't plan to spend your

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<v Speaker 1>whole morning looking at running scorts or catching up on

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<v Speaker 1>every detail of the British royal family's life these days,

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<v Speaker 1>in particular, you are definitely not planning to wallow in

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<v Speaker 1>the details of how many face smasks. A hospital in

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<v Speaker 1>rural Kansas has the sort of thing that's scary but

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<v Speaker 1>that you personally can do nothing about. Yet somehow that's

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what you've been doing. So how do we avoid

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<v Speaker 1>taking the clickbait? In a recent newsletter from Character Lab

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<v Speaker 1>psychologist Dan Willingham, suggested creating a list of links to

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<v Speaker 1>content you really would like to enjoy on the Internet,

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<v Speaker 1>including web pages, YouTube channels, and podcasts. I think this

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<v Speaker 1>is a great idea. I'd recommend getting a little more

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<v Speaker 1>granular and including links to specific articles, specific videos, specific

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<v Speaker 1>podcast episodes, and so on. Just create a simple word

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<v Speaker 1>document on your hard drive or a Google doc where

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<v Speaker 1>you can store the links. Another option is to use

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<v Speaker 1>the notes app on your phone. Maybe you can call

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<v Speaker 1>the document worth Reading or something more cheeky, like avoiding

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<v Speaker 1>the rabbit Hole. Then, any time a friend sends a

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<v Speaker 1>link to an article she thinks she'd like, or you

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<v Speaker 1>see a recipe you want to check out, or you

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<v Speaker 1>hear about a Ted talk you want to watch, just

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<v Speaker 1>pop the link into your document. When you want some

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<v Speaker 1>light entertainment. You have a ready supply of content that

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<v Speaker 1>you actually want to peruse. You can steer clear of

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<v Speaker 1>clickbait and aim for content that's truly engaging. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>need to let algorithms dictate your Internet consumption. You can

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<v Speaker 1>curate your own viewing in a thoughtful way, and once

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<v Speaker 1>you've used the links, just delete them so your list

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<v Speaker 1>is always fresh. Right now, my list includes yo Yo

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<v Speaker 1>Ma's Songs for Comfort project poems by Tracy K. Smith

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<v Speaker 1>on the Poetry Foundation website. Emily austers Ted talk about

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<v Speaker 1>things parents should consider before going back to work in

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<v Speaker 1>a New York Times article with writer's descriptions of books

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<v Speaker 1>that bring them comfort. And yes, there are some cute

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<v Speaker 1>photos of royal children. This doesn't all have to be

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<v Speaker 1>high brow, but if you're aiming to spend less time

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<v Speaker 1>scrolling mindlessly, you might want to try this too. Curate

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<v Speaker 1>your internet use by creating a document of links you

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<v Speaker 1>really do want to explore. You'll probably be less anxious

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<v Speaker 1>and more informed too, and maybe saved some money from

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<v Speaker 1>not doing so much online chopping. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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