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How to handle the ups and downs of social media (with Aparna Nancherla)

2021/5/10
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How to Be a Better Human
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Aparna Nancherla
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Cal Newport
通过深度工作和数字极简主义等概念，推动人们重新思考工作方法和技术使用方式。
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Chris Duffy
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Chris Duffy: 本节目探讨了社交媒体对喜剧演员Aparna Nancherla职业生涯的双重影响，以及如何平衡社交媒体的积极和消极方面，并讨论了是否应该完全放弃社交媒体。 Aparna Nancherla: 社交媒体对Aparna的职业生涯起到了至关重要的作用，帮助她获得了认可和成功。然而，她也坦言社交媒体加剧了她的焦虑和抑郁，为了心理健康，她不得不减少社交媒体的使用。她分享了自己在社交媒体上取得成功，以及如何平衡职业需求和心理健康之间的冲突的经验。她还谈到了社交媒体如何影响她的创作和表演，以及如何设定边界来保护自己的心理健康。 Cal Newport: Cal Newport 认为完全不使用社交媒体也能生活得很好，甚至更好，并指出社交媒体的成瘾性以及其潜在的危害。他认为，只有当社交媒体的使用能带来显著的积极益处时，才值得使用。 Aparna Nancherla: 社交媒体让她更容易接触到观众，并迅速获得反馈，这与传统脱口秀相比有显著的优势。她分享了社交媒体如何帮助她建立职业生涯，以及如何通过社交媒体与观众建立联系。然而，她也谈到了社交媒体的负面影响，例如，它会加剧焦虑和抑郁，并导致自我怀疑和过度分析。她还讨论了社交媒体上心理健康话题的商品化现象，以及如何避免陷入这种负面循环。她分享了她如何通过限制使用社交媒体来保护自己的心理健康，以及如何专注于创作让她自己感到快乐的内容。 Cal Newport: Cal Newport 的观点是，社交媒体并非职业成功的必要条件，并且社交媒体具有成瘾性，使用它需要有明确的积极益处来抵消潜在的危害。他认为，在竞争激烈的21世纪经济中，市场更看重的是那些稀有且有价值的技能和能力，而不是社交媒体上的粉丝数量。

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Aparna Nancherla discusses how social media has both propelled her career and negatively impacted her mental health, highlighting the dual nature of its effects.

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After scrolling through your social media feeds, how do you feel? Empowered and connected -- anxious, or exhausted? When stand up, actor, and writer Aparna Nancherla was just starting out, her jokes on Twitter got her recognition in a way that traditional comedy clubs probably could never have. But having built a comedy career for herself, in large part, by being on the internet, she recognizes that social media is not always fun and laughs. Now, for the sake of her mental health, she limits her time online. On today’s show, longtime friends Chris and Aparna talk about the good and bad of social media, and explore some advice on how best to use it-- or even if we should use it at all. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman)