Why you shouldn’t try to go viral in 2022

Image caption: Going viral messes with our brain. Image credit: Mashable Composite. Article by Christianna Silva. Mashable – January 6, 2022.

My only actual new year’s resolution for 2022 is to finish a Sunday crossword. But there are plenty of positive 2021 experiences I want to lean into more in the new year: petting my cat, eating takeout, going for runs, rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There are also plenty of 2021 feelings I want to avoid, the ones that give me a pang of anxiety or a rush of dopamine — like when I tweet a story I’ve put work into, or how my brain feels when an Instagram photo does well. […]

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