A state in which you spend close to zero time alone with your own thoughts and free from input from other minds.

people banish from their daily experience by being exposed to others thoughts through

• social media
• music
• audiobooks
• pocasts

when you avoid , you miss out on the positive things it brings you

• clarify hard problems
• emotion regulation
• strenghten relationships
• build moral courage

Countermeasures

• put away your smartphone
• take long walks
• write letters to yourself
  • journals / diaries