Archive · 23 Sep 2025
Author Reflects on Social Media's Allure and Burden
The author, a therapist and AI researcher, shares her on-and-off relationship with social media.
She has deleted her accounts multiple times, seeking freedom from the platform's pressures.
However, she kept returning, recognizing the importance of online presence for work and societal connection.
She notes social media's impact on job prospects, her audience, and community, while emphasizing the value of digital communities like AI discussions and tight-knit spaces.
The author, initially in media, deleted her social media in 2016 to focus on therapy and Buddhist practices.
She returned to social media in 2018 to show solidarity with the #MeToo movement.
Her social media presence influenced manuscript acceptance, job opportunities and audience.
She founded Project Shunyata, an AI-Buddhism focus group.
Author describes current existence on social media as a duality of relevance.
- Who
- Author and therapist Das
- What
- Reflections on social media's impact on her life and career
- When
- Multiple times, including in 2016, 2018, and recently
- Where
- Mysuru, India, and online platforms like X and Instagram
- Why
- To explore the interplay between online and offline life, and to discuss the challenges and benefits of social media
- Author's Profession
- Author, therapist, AI researcher
- Group Founded
- Project Shunyata (AI-Buddhism focus group)
- Past Career
- Media professional
- Social Media Presence
- X (formerly Twitter), Instagram