Social media and digital technologies have radically changed our life within a short time. But how can we help to shape this fundamental transformation in a self-determined way? Sabria David has coined the term “media resilience” for this positive and confident approach to smartphone & co. This is about not misunderstanding digitalisation as a purely technical phenomenon but looking at the primeval human longings and fears that draw us into the Net. This also allows us to answer the question about what we can do to be happy and fulfilled in a digital world.