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The algorithm won't teach you this

 Liquor stores won't promote AA meetings.

Fast food chains won't promote Weight Watchers.

The algorithm won't promote digital consciousness.

So it's up to you.


The internet isn't going anywhere.


Abstinence isn't realistic. But living for the feed isn't the only alternative.

FedByDefault exists because the platforms that profit from your attention will never teach you to question it. We do.

Three questions. That's the whole thing.

Who made this.

Who benefits from my attention.

What do they want me to feel.


The purpose of the three questions is to create a pause between stimulus and response. Psychologists call this metacognition, the ability to notice your own thoughts and emotions instead of automatically reacting to them.


Ask them before you open anything. Every time. They take three seconds and they change the relationship from one where the algorithm is in charge to one where you are.

That's the Mental Firewall. 


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