Adnan Alkhalili

It was the phone all along. Watch.

@dr_ericberg Anxiety and OCD

What signs made you realize your lifestyle needed adjusting?

My recent conversation with @DrPhil about screens in school.

@bufordsharkley Yes, I’m also a big proponent that technology is not going to ever go away. We need integration that ensures real life remains and people can choose to be free if they desire

@offlineoperator I think that oversimplifies it, having a small digital interface is fine For instance, IC cards are good, even though they’re digital

It was the phone all along. Watch.

Let's talk about the greatest magic trick of all: convincing an entire generation that their inability to focus on mind-numbing busywork while surrounded by the most advanced attention-hijacking technology in human history is somehow a brain disorder. Your kid can't sit still for seven hours under fluorescent lights in a cinder block room memorizing state capitals? Must be ADHD! Your teenager can't focus on homework after spending six hours being bombarded by algorithmically-perfected dopamine hits from TikTok and Instagram? Clearly a neurological condition! You find it hard to read three consecutive pages of a book without checking your phone seventeen times? Definitely ADHD. We have lost our collective minds - literally.

The future is analog. We will see a great reemergence of offline and niche activities in the coming years. More products and services geared towards real life living. Note: this is different than an anti tech world. Simply a more integrated one.

@JohnDoetai Agreed!

@offlineoperator I think this movement is a much needed counter culture to the digital feudalism we live in now. People should consider that just cause it’s the norm, doesn’t mean it’s not extremely debilitating

@bryan_wolfbane Literally. It can be improved and avoided, however.

@offlineoperator Doomscrolling short form videos is literally rewiring our brains for the worst

@JJFletchermusic The world itself is becoming completely digital. The escapist reality has moved beyond telephones.

@offlineoperator And now people are driving in giant phones

@thelyonspaw 100%. There’s a lot of research in this field. Great connection.

@offlineoperator I call it the “go mode” Similar to type A personality mixed with fight or flight. Your body and mind will resist if not fight relaxation. So when you go to sleep, you’re not dropping into the rest and repair kind of sleep.

@XXvyz68938 A conclusion we might all come to, but not one we can all handle. I argue it’s not willpower but biology that can be reclaimed. If you try to do it through willpower, you will suffer. If you make small adjustments that ultimately rewire your biological impulse, you can escape.

@offlineoperator this is the eventual conclusion any moderately smart person will reach without help, i guess this isnt necessarily bad but you this is something people have to do by themselves. i dont have the will for jt yet but i hope one day

@Devychevy105 Rooting for you. Invest in some ergonomic tools and try to get outdoors as much as you can.

@offlineoperator I unfortunately made my career in IT so I have to be online in some capacity. But I feel this. I don’t want want to be online. It just drags me down mentally

@TerrenceBrownJ4 It’s true.

@offlineoperator They want to tear down civilization and they started not with children but with tearing down the Family First - they have been quite successful thus far. Get Off Line and go back to Nature with your Family. No Family , No Future, No Hope for Society, No Hope for Civilization. 💔

@bufordsharkley Analog is the future :)

@offlineoperator We need policy that bans any dumbphone-discriminatory policy Stuff like phone-only tickets, but also things like coupons for restaurants and supermarkets available only on apps

@leyisboring Interesting. Never heard of this!

@offlineoperator getting an anti blue light screen protector has done wonders for this

@shamrockmadness Unfortunately untrue. In 2026, our addictions aren’t self inflicted, they’re mass marketed to completely hijack our pleasure systems. But I’m not sure where you got told what to do. You’re free to do whatever you want.

@offlineoperator That's your fault for making your whole life online. My god, don't tell me what to do

Did you get sunlight today?

@otmnmkr Good point, but the internet is a useful means. Technology should not be eradicated. We aren’t going back to the Stone Age. We simply must protect our health first.

@offlineoperator The irony of posting this on social media is actually hilarious

This is what the online world is doing to us.

What time in history have you been able to avoid anything hard and difficult?

Richard Louv writes that the third frontier is here: young people living in a world of technological advancement don’t touch nature anymore