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【Vitalik proposes digital minimalism: reducing dependence on social media and the internet with AI】

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article titled “Digital Minimalism” today, proposing that in the AI era, people should consciously reduce their dependence on social media, the mobile internet, and website interfaces, and regain control of their digital lives. Vitalik shared three practices: first, reducing direct use of X and instead using Firefly to manage X, Bluesky, Farcaster, and Lens simultaneously, avoiding information interference caused by algorithmic recommendations; second, keeping his phone in airplane mode by default for 100 consecutive days, connecting to the internet only via Wi-Fi to reduce location-data leaks and cultivate offline living habits; third, reducing dependence on websites and web applications, using command-line tools for some on-chain operations and lowering the barrier to use with AI. Vitalik believes that websites and web applications pose privacy and security risks, while the development of local AI, offline applications, and modular tools enables users to operate computers in natural language and reduces dependence on complex platform interfaces. He calls this trend digital minimalism and believes that AI can not only improve the efficiency of using the internet but may also mean that people no longer need the internet in more scenarios.