{"id":43993,"date":"2025-04-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=43993"},"modified":"2025-04-10T13:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:11:37","slug":"digital-hygiene-the-end-of-children-how-to-navigate-the-weirdness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/digital-hygiene-the-end-of-children-how-to-navigate-the-weirdness\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital hygiene\/The End of Children\/How to Navigate the Weirdness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Digital safety essentials<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Andrej Karpathy’s guide to digital hygiene<\/a> has practical steps for protecting your privacy and security. Here are the essentials: Use a password manager (like 1Password) to create unique strong passwords for every service; get a hardware security key (like YubiKey<\/a>) as your second factor authentication instead of text messages; and use Privacy.com<\/a> to create credit card numbers that are locked to one specific merchant and can\u2019t be used elsewhere, preventing unauthorized charges. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intro to global depopulation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many people are having trouble wrapping their heads around the fact that global depopulation and not overpopulation is our challenge. The childless trend has been underway for 50 years but has accelerated dramatically recently. We are at the cusp of deaths outnumbering births on the planet, with no change in sight. I recommend this very, very long New Yorker<\/em> article \u2013 \u201cThe End of Children\u201d<\/a> \u2013 as the very best introduction and explainer. It focuses on particular programs, people, and events in South Korea, which is leading the world in depopulation, much faster than the Japanese. The piece is beautifully written, expertly reported, and informed. I think everyone should read it; paste the article url link into 12FT<\/a> to read it in full. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Navigate the Weirdness<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This two-part talk, How to Navigate the Weirdness<\/a><\/em> by Erik Davis, gave me such great comfort and clarity on how to ground myself in the complexities of our current societal consciousness. The intention behind these talks is to honestly assess the present moment and share navigational tools for sanity, sense-making, and creative engagement. Davis gives historical context and talks about the transformative cultural shifts that have led us to this point, while also addressing the psychological impacts of media saturation, among other things. His strategies emphasize flexibility, mindfulness, and critical thinking. Here is part one<\/a> and part two<\/a>, and here is some of his advice (paraphrased):<\/p>\n\n\n\n