Recently, I was looking at old Instagram posts and realized how much we’ve stopped posting spontaneous moments from our daily lives and now adopt a pre-defined profile, often acting as if we were true influencers, even with few followers.

Furthermore, I recently noticed a significant increase in advertisements and content related to products and services. This made me question why I’m accessing social media when human content has become scarce and we are now predominantly surrounded by product and service ads.

I started remembering activities that were replaced by scrolling through apps, and so I decided to reactivate my old video games, something very simple that, while occupying my time, also brought fun and satisfaction.

When I started playing old games, I felt a sense of peace because I wasn’t online receiving irrelevant content. These were games where details, soundtrack, and story mattered, where you needed to reason to complete stages – something very different from today, where only competitive online play and buying new resources matter.

Perhaps we are losing our individuality and depositing something already pre-existing onto social media, forgetting to enjoy moments with ourselves, where tranquility was more important than showing off, moments to rest and recharge for the next day, where we didn’t feel pressured to fit into a label and obtain maximum acceptance through likes and views.