Re:Ask HN: Do you feel like you're in a filter bubble?
by mbillie1 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:48AM
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Not to mention that daily exercise will improve your overall happiness / mental health noticeably. Run, bike, find a rock climbing gym and learn how to rock climb, anything. It is important in so many ways for people like software developers who have highly mentally stressful but physically sedentary jobs to do something physically active and not involving a screen, and to do it daily. Your quality of life will improve exponentially.
Re:Ask HN: Do you feel like you're in a filter bubble?
by arcticfox on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:03PM
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Amusingly, these are some of the ideas that are surely posted constantly as part of OP's filter bubble. Because, of course, they are good suggestions.
Re:Ask HN: Do you feel like you're in a filter bubble?
by EricSu on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:03PM
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I'm deeply into photography (as a hobby/creative outlet) and I'm on a triathlon team (as a way to be outdoors and stay active). Having these two things motivates me to peel myself off my computer and definitely shifts my focus to something other than tech news which is very refreshing for the mind and body. You don't have to get deeply involved in a hobby, but I definitely agree that physically getting away from the computer and outside will help a lot to expose yourself to something different and get you thinking about something else.
It's so easy to sit in a little digital universe that you are in the center of. You have to consciously move yourself out of that comfort zone.
Ride public transportation and strike up conversations with people. Go for a hike. Volunteer at the library. Sign up for a 5K race.
If you are in a filter bubble, it is of your own choosing, and you need to loosen the filter to let more things in.