I stopped doomscrolling for 48 Hours and let ChatGPT do the catching up — and it worked much better than expected

A woman lays ion her back n bed with her smartphone held in front of her face with two hands.

I’m as guilty as anyone else for waking up, grabbing my phone and doomscrolling on X (I still call it Twitter in real life like a normal person, don’t worry!).

That habit has exposed me to a timeline full of terrible hot takes, biased explanations of political developments, and retweets of product announcements that excite me… only to learn they’re now sold out. Now and then, I’m treated to some actual good news—the news aggregator profiles I follow provide me with my daily dose of video game review previews/roundups, album release date reveals, and major updates on the news that affects the world as a whole the most.