What Can We Do?

• Reflection:
  • Make a list of what you think you would miss about the internet if you spent a year offline. Make a second list of what you would NOT miss.
  • Spend 24 hours offline and journal about what you notice and how you feel.
• Personal Change:
  • Use problematic technologies frictionally and demand change (i.e. complain).
  • When you find yourself about to look something up online, first ask at least three people.
  • Avoid using your phone or device right before bed or right when you wake up.
  • Next time you’re going somewhere unfamiliar, do not use the internet to help you figure out how to get there.
  • Confuse an algorithm.
  • Make an intentional change to the way you use or relate to the internet or your phone/computer.
  • Next time you pull out your device unnecessarily, try to give yourself some time to sit and think instead.
• Collective Organizing:
  • Connect with other people who share similar concerns and build coalitions through conversation and action.
  • Send someone a letter in the mail.
  • Get involved with activism or organizing efforts in your communities, on and offline.
  • Support someone you know to make a change in the way they relate to the internet.