If 2025 has had any kind of defining cultural theme, it perhaps boils down to people’s increasing sense that a life completely beholden to screens is no life at all. To this, add two connected trends: a drop in millions of people’s use of social media, and a rising yearning for experiences that are more authentic. This is not, just to be clear, any kind of suggestion that we are about to reject digital technology and wind the clock back 30 years. But something is definitely up, and it is worth tentatively celebrating… More here.

This is such good news. I have moved off most social media and am trying to avoid screens as much as I can. I realised that it has never done me any good and it would appear that many younger people are doing the same. That’s the best news of all.

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