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5 WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IN SOCIAL MEDIA-DOMINANT CAREERS, rolling stone

“Sometimes escaping to a Twitter/X thread or an Instagram meme carousel is just what the doctor ordered. And that’s totally okay! Just don’t let those outlets become your entire life as they are extremely addictive and will quickly control how you spend your personal time.”

Couldn’t agree more ⬆️ My favorite tip shared in the article was limiting app usage. I regularly set daily limits on social platforms, particularly TikTok. While my phone won’t lock me out of the app when I hit the limit, it will send me a reminder which is *usually enough to get me out of the app.

GOFUNDME BETS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN UNLOCK GEN Z GIVING, the associated press

Congratulations to MTD client GoFundMe on this article around their work to reach Gen Zs.

We’re honored to have helped with their generational survey this summer with cultural anthropologist and generational expert Megan Collins.

“Gen Z respondents ages 18-27 are much more likely than older people to regularly share causes or fundraisers on their accounts, according to a survey led this summer by GoFundMe. Half reported doing so at least once a week and 41% said social media content compelled them to research or support a cause.”

Read more about their plans to tap their younger audience’s altruistic side.

DEEPMIND CEO DEMIS HASSABIS SEES “WATERSHED MOMENT” FOR AI, axios

Co-founder and CEO of Google’s DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, wrote his first AI program when he was 11. He’s shocked it took the rest of the world so long to catch up.

“Hassabis said AI may be ‘overhyped in the near term’ because of the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has fueled a frenzy among investors… ‘I'd rather it would have stayed more of a scientific level,’ he said. ‘But it's become too popular for that.’”

💎 Paid subscribers get our full Cultural Gems email every Tuesday. In the rest of today’s edition: A lesson for CEOs from a master marketer, whether or not media can adapt to Gen Z, and why we no longer have control over our social media feeds ⬇️