Your Brain On Smartphones
Summary
TLDRThe video explores how smartphones, through constant dopamine-triggering feedback loops, can impact our brains, leading to potential memory shrinkage, addiction, and altered cognitive function. It delves into the effects of smartphone use on memory, stress levels, and cognitive abilities, citing studies that show negative impacts like reduced hippocampus size and lower gray matter volumes. The video also discusses the role of algorithms in creating a virtual reality that keeps users hooked. However, it offers practical solutions to mitigate these effects, such as exercising, limiting social media use, and choosing physical media for reading. It concludes by emphasizing that despite the potential risks, the power to change our habits lies within us.
Takeaways
- 🧠 Smartphones exploit human tendencies to seek feedback, which is linked to the release of dopamine in the brain, potentially leading to desensitization and detachment from the real world.
- 📵 The presence of a smartphone in a room, even turned off, can impair cognitive functioning, affecting memory, stress levels, and the ability to focus.
- 📈 The iPhone revolutionized mobile technology, introducing a touch interface and apps, but also ushered in an era of constant connectivity and dopamine-triggering algorithms.
- 🧐 Early warnings about the potential impact of smartphones on brain function were dismissed, but over time, research has confirmed that heavy smartphone use can alter brain circuits and cognitive abilities.
- 🧩 Overreliance on smartphones for memory tasks can reduce the size of the hippocampus, affecting memory and increasing the risk of mental health issues.
- 🚫 Multitasking with smartphones is often ineffective and can hinder the ability to think deeply and form long-term memories.
- 📉 Smartphone addiction is real, with studies showing that heavy users experience anxiety and cognitive decline when their phones are out of reach.
- 📚 Reading comprehension is lower when reading from a screen compared to paper, and the presence of a smartphone can further reduce focus and problem-solving abilities.
- 🔁 Smartphone notifications can induce a state of constant stress and fear, affecting the brain's decision-making and emotional control centers.
- 🌐 The way we consume news is heavily influenced by smartphone algorithms, which can create echo chambers and reinforce biases.
- 📱 Switching to a 'dumb phone' can lead to increased presence, focus, and creativity, but some users find it difficult due to the loss of convenience and connectivity.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video 'Cold Fusion' discussing?
-The video focuses on how smartphones and their algorithms exploit human tendencies to seek feedback, leading to the release of dopamine in the brain, and the potential negative effects of this on memory, stress levels, cognitive function, and society as a whole.
How do video games and social networking sites use feedback loops to engage users?
-Video games and social networking sites use feedback loops to engage users by triggering the release of dopamine in the brain, creating a sense of reward and satisfaction that encourages continued interaction and use.
What is the potential impact of smartphones on our cognitive functioning, according to the script?
-The script suggests that the mere presence of a smartphone in a room can impair cognitive functioning, including memory, focus, and problem-solving abilities, even when the phone is switched off.
What is the term used to describe the fear of being without one's phone?
-The term used to describe the fear of being without one's phone is 'nomophobia'.
How does the video suggest smartphones may affect the size of the hippocampus in the brain?
-The video suggests that excessive smartphone use can reduce the size of the hippocampus, particularly in young developing brains, which may lead to a higher risk of depression, schizophrenia, and dementia.
What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where the presence of a smartphone can lower one's ability to focus, remember, and solve problems?
-The term used to describe this phenomenon is 'brain drain'.
How does the video address the issue of multitasking and its effects on cognitive health?
-The video explains that attempting to multitask can hinder the ability to think deeply and complexly, create a false sense of urgency, and prevent the brain's ability to transfer information into long-term storage, ultimately harming cognitive health.
What is the term for the phenomenon where smartphone notifications train our brains to be in a constant state of fear and stress?
-The term for this phenomenon is not explicitly mentioned in the script, but it describes a Pavlovian response to smartphone notifications.
What is the suggested solution to mitigate the negative effects of smartphone use on memory and cognitive function?
-The video suggests solutions such as regular exercise to increase gray matter and memory, avoiding overuse of social media, stopping multitasking, reading physical media instead of using a phone, and limiting phone use for memory tasks where possible.
How does the video discuss the role of social media in smartphone addiction?
-The video discusses the role of social media in smartphone addiction by highlighting features like pull-to-refresh, infinite scrolling, and autoplay that exploit the pleasure of anticipating rewards and trigger dopamine spikes, leading to addictive behaviors.
What is Ground News, and how does it aim to help readers navigate news bias and misinformation?
-Ground News is a website and app that provides an objective way to read the news by offering a visual breakdown of political bias, factuality, and ownership of sources reporting on a story, backed by ratings from independent news monitoring organizations.
Outlines
📱 The Impact of Smartphones on Human Brain and Behavior
The video discusses how smartphones exploit human tendencies for feedback, leading to dopamine release and potential desensitization. It highlights the ubiquity of feedback loops in modern technology and their influence on cognitive function. The script explores the idea that overuse of smartphones might change the brain's structure and function, affecting memory, stress levels, and cognitive abilities. It also raises concerns about the potential societal implications of these changes. Historical context is provided by referencing the launch of the first iPhone in 2007 and the subsequent rapid integration of smartphones into daily life. The video promises to delve into the effects of smartphones on memory, addiction, cognitive function, and stress.
🧠 The Effects of Smartphones on Memory and Cognitive Health
This paragraph examines the impact of smartphone use on memory, referencing a study that suggests excessive use can reduce the size of the hippocampus, a key brain area for memory and learning. It also mentions other research findings that link chronic smartphone use to lower gray matter volumes in specific brain regions, which may increase the risk of mental health disorders. The paragraph suggests that relying on devices for memory can weaken cognitive abilities and that even the presence of a phone can impair cognitive functioning. Strategies to combat these effects, such as regular exercise and using memory independently of smartphones, are proposed.
🔄 The Addictive Nature of Smartphones and Their Impact on Stress
The script delves into the concept of addiction associated with smartphones, introducing the term 'nomophobia' to describe the fear of being without one's phone. It discusses a study that shows increased anxiety and decreased comprehension when smartphone access is denied. The paragraph also addresses the rise in average mobile screen time and the neuroimaging research that indicates excessive use can weaken brain networks responsible for attention and impulse control. The potential widespread effects on billions of smartphone users, including developing brains, are considered, along with the creators' concerns about the impact of their inventions.
📚 The Impact of Smartphones on Cognitive Function and Reading Comprehension
This section of the script discusses the effects of smartphone use on cognitive function, including a study that found reading comprehension declines when reading from a screen. It also touches on the 'brain drain' effect, where the mere presence of a smartphone in the same room can reduce one's ability to focus, remember, and solve problems. The paragraph suggests that the human brain prioritizes information processing and that the presence of a smartphone competes for cognitive resources. An experiment is highlighted, showing that participants performed better on tasks when their phones were out of the room, regardless of whether they were visible or powered on.
🤳 The Influence of Smartphones on Stress and the Role of Ground News
The final paragraph addresses how smartphones are affecting human biology and stress levels, with notifications causing a constant state of fear and stress. It explains the physiological process behind this stress response and how it can lead to emotional regulation issues. The paragraph also discusses the impact of social media information, such as the creation of hypochondriacs and the role of algorithms in creating echo chambers. It introduces Ground News, a platform designed to provide objective news by displaying political bias, factuality, and ownership information, encouraging critical thinking and breaking out of online echo chambers.
📵 Personal Experiences with Ditching Smartphones for Dumb Phones
The script concludes with personal testimonials from individuals who have switched from smartphones to dumb phones. It presents a range of experiences, from those who found enjoyment and increased presence in their lives without smartphones to others who found the switch challenging due to the loss of convenience and connectivity. The paragraph ponders the broader implications of smartphone overuse on society and invites viewers to reflect on their own smartphone usage, suggesting practical steps to mitigate potential negative effects.
📱 Conclusion: The Re-Wiring Effects of Smartphones on the Brain
The video wraps up by summarizing the key points made about how smartphones are re-wiring our brains. It invites viewers to subscribe for more content on science, technology, and business, and encourages them to share their thoughts on the topic. The host, Toogo, signs off, leaving viewers with the message that while smartphones have significant impacts, the power to manage these effects still lies with the individual.
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Keywords
💡Dopamine
💡Cognitive functioning
💡Smartphones
💡Hippocampus
💡Gray matter
💡Multitasking
💡Addiction
💡Cognitive function
💡Stress
💡Social media
💡Ground News
Highlights
Feedback loops in technology exploit our natural tendencies to seek and want feedback, which is chemically related to dopamine release in the brain.
Excessive smartphone use may lead to desensitization and detachment from the real world, causing people to become callous and crude.
Smartphones can change the way our brains work, with the mere presence of a phone in a room potentially destroying cognitive functioning, even if it's switched off.
The iPhone revolutionized mobile technology by combining a mobile phone, iPod, and internet access into a single device with a touchscreen interface.
Algorithms and apps are designed to keep users engaged by triggering dopamine responses, potentially leading to a 2D virtual reality.
Smartphone use can weaken the circuits needed for in-person interaction and reading non-verbal cues, as noted by UCLA psychiatrist Gary Small in 2008.
Excessive smartphone use has been linked to a reduction in the size of the hippocampus, especially in young developing brains.
Chronic smartphone users have been found to have lower gray matter volumes in specific brain regions, which can be associated with higher risks of depression, schizophrenia, and dementia.
Regular exercise can help increase gray matter and memory, and trying to remember directions without a smartphone can help combat the negative effects on the hippocampus.
Humans cannot effectively multitask; attempting to do so can hinder the ability to think deeply and complexly, and can affect memory accumulation.
Nomophobia, the fear of being without one's phone, is a real phenomenon that can cause anxiety and affect cognitive performance.
Smartphone use is increasing, with the average user checking their phone 96 times per day and spending over 3 hours on their device.
Smartphone notifications can cause a constant state of fear and stress, affecting human biology and potentially leading to health risks.
Reading comprehension declines when reading from a screen compared to paper, and the presence of a smartphone can lower focus and problem-solving abilities.
Ground News offers a platform that provides a data-driven, objective way to read the news, with features to help readers break out of echo chambers.
People who switch to dumb phones often report increased presence and focus, as well as more time for creative hobbies, but some struggle with the lack of features.
There are practical steps that can be taken to mitigate the negative effects of smartphone use, such as exercising, avoiding overuse of social media, and reading physical media.
Transcripts
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news hi welcome to another episode of
Cold
Fusion we know for a fact that what all
of these systems do every single one is
it exploits our own natural tendencies
in human beings to get and want feedback
and that feedback chemically speaking is
the release of dopamine in your brain
and so what these feedback loops do and
they exist everywhere in Call of Duty in
other video games in social networking
sites they get you to react and I think
that if you get too
desensitized and you need it over and
over and over again then you become
actually detached from the world in
which you live you become callous you
become crude and you live in front of
your screen so we all know the benefits
and usefulness of smartphones they're
amazing a little rectangle in your
pocket that does everything but that
comes with the price there's a growing
body of research that indicates that
smartphones can actually change the the
way our brains work did you know that
just the mere presence of your phone in
a room can destroy your cognitive
functioning even if it's switched off
crazy I know but literal experiments
have proved this in this episode we'll
take a look at how phones affect our
memory stress levels and cognitive
function and also here's a question if
the collective brains of billions of
people on earth have been unknowingly
altered worldwide what does this mean
for society it's not all bad news though
we'll also take a look at how we can
help
ourselves you are watching cold fusion
[Music]
TV in 2007 amst the chaos of the
financial crisis the first iPhone was
launched and we are calling
it
iPhone computer giant Apple says it's
reinvented the phone marrying a mobile
with an iPod giving birth to the iPhone
an iPod a cell phone and a portable
internet all in a little lightweight
package the big attraction here right
now is encased in that plastic tube back
there surrounded by an admiring crowd
it's a Sleek Aluminum and Stainless
Steel creation a cell phone doesn't have
any buttons just a touchcreen it only
had 16 apps and that was it no app store
and nothing else it was relatively
simple by today's standards suddenly
buttons were replaced with a large
responsive touchscreen interface people
could Now swipe tap scroll zoom and
browse the web more efficiently than
they could on a desktop at the time such
features were unheard of although it
looked interesting very few predicted
just how quickly such a small device
could envelop our lives with each
passing year the phones got faster the
features grew and the software
exponentially improved apps became
useful but then came the algorithms and
feeds and before we knew it most of us
had entered a 2d virtual reality a
completely separate reality and view of
the world but through a screen this was
powered by algorithms designed to keep
your attention and apps designed to
trigger the dopamine responses in your
brain it sounds like a sci-fi film when
put that way but we all know this story
by now it was one of the main themes of
the Netflix show the social dilemma a
hmark look into how algorithms rule our
lives and the people that made those
algorithms knew what they were
doing in 2008 when the true impact of
smartphones was still a mystery UCLA
psychiatrist Gary Small began sounding
the caution alarm he was saying that
heavy smartphone use could alter brain
function by weakening the circuits
needed for inperson interaction and
reading non-verbal cues remember the
iPhone was only 1 year old at this time
at the time his claims were called quote
Ing and quote provocative by the science
Community but it still couldn't be
proved fast forward a decade and a half
later and smartphones and their
cognitive effects are being reexamined
but what about the less known stuff what
other effects do smartphones have on the
Mind although there's still much to
learn about the long-term cognitive
impact there is some scientific evidence
that should make us pause if you've ever
felt that Phantom Buzz or feel anxious
when you haven't checked your phone in a
while you don't need an expert to tell
you that there's something strange at
play what exactly are smartphones doing
to our minds and personalities let's
take a look at the research we're going
to cover memory addiction cognitive
function and stress let's break them
down number one memory back in the day
you had to memorize all your friends
numbers or actually listen in Math's
class because your teachers said that
you couldn't carry a calculator 24/7 cab
drivers also back in the day had no GPS
they had to know where they were going
without stopping to check they had to
know all the streets it turns out that
exercising that mental muscle of memory
has given cab drivers physically larger
hippo campire it's the memory center of
the brain but also AIDS in learning and
emotional processing but now today we
heavily rely on our devices as memory
aids but new research suggests that
maybe this isn't a great sign at 2021
study found that excessive smartphone
use can reduce the size of the
hippocampus especially in young develop
brains there's been other studies with
similar findings but unfortunately
there's even more a meta study of MRI
scans of chronic smartphone users found
that they have lower gray matter volumes
in specific regions of the brain this
includes the anterior singulate cortex
orbitofrontal cortex fusiform gyrus and
parahippocampal regions while the
research is still in its early stages
less gray matter usually means a higher
risk of depression schizophrenia and
dementia but remember these are chronic
smartphone uses but on that note the
cost of this might be an enormous
increase in dementia quote the less you
use that mind of yours the less you use
the systems that are responsible for
complicated things like episodic
memories or cognitive flexibility the
more likely it is to develop Dimension
once you stop using your memory it will
get worse which will make you use your
devices more according to Professor
Oliver harded even an overreliance on
GPS's could reduce the density of gray
matter in the brain
to combat the effects of hippocampus
shrinkage regular exercise has shown to
increase gray matter and increase memory
it's also good to try and remember
directions where possible and generally
try to use your memory instead of your
phone where practical and if you still
really just can't put your phone down
apps like hippo camera can help hippoc
camera is a really easyto ous smartphone
application that mimics how the brain
supports memory specific behaviors also
don't do our brains any favors one of
these is attemp to to multitask
interestingly humans multitasking is a
myth only 2.5% of us can do it
effectively Katherine price writes about
this in her book how to break up with
your phone in particular she warns about
the dangers of continual partial
attention it's checking your phone while
mid conversation or scrolling on social
media while watching TV sound familiar
while we do this to attempt to be more
productive it harms our cognitive Health
in fact trying to consistently multitask
can actually hinder your ability to
think deep and complex thoughts it also
can create a false sense of urgency
which prevents our brain's ability to
transfer information into long-term
storage and from here it becomes harder
to accumulate memories in summary every
minute distracted by your phone is a
lost minute in the here and now this can
leave behind a trail of Forgotten
experiences and damage the ability to
formulate deep and complex thoughts and
long-term
memories moving on to number two
addiction now this de detrimental effect
is more commonly known but did you know
that nomophobia is the real fear of
being away from one's phone for heavy
users a study by Dr Larry rosson the
author of The distracted mind revealed
what a lack of smartphone access can do
participants in the experiment were
strapped to sweat and heat monitors as
they read a passage their phones were
Out Of Reach but they could hear text
notifications flooding in the result was
a spike in anxiety and a drop in reading
comprehension and this will affect more
people as we all using our smartphones
more between 2019 and 2023 average
Mobile screen time shot up by 23% from 2
hours and 56 minutes to 3 hours and 46
minutes the average user now checks
their phones 96 times per
day research from a peer-reviewed
medical journal Psychiatry research
neuroimaging confirms that excessive
smartphone use presents itself a lot
like addiction weakening vital brain
networks that control things like paying
attention and stopping inul fores this
leads to withdrawal symptoms and
continued use despite negative
consequences there's a silent epidemic
that we're neglecting one can imagine
the impact albe it to varying degrees on
the 6.84 billion smartphone users
worldwide when you factor in the amount
of developing brains that are using the
devices what will be the end
result as smartphone use increases each
year even the smartphones creators are
questioning the monster that they've
Unleashed Tony Fidel who worked on the
original iPhone team says quote I wake
up in cold sweats every so often
thinking what did we bring to the world
did we really bring a nuclear bomb with
information that can like we see with
fake news blow up people's brains and
reprogram them end quote as a side I've
done a full episode on the story of the
people who created the iPhone if you're
interested but zooming out we can't
blame the phone manufacturers if you've
watched The Social dilemma you would
have seen former Tech employees
expressing a sense of regret regarding
the designs of social media apps we are
increasingly glued to our phones just
look at this 30 seconds we filmed
outside Oxford Circus earlier today all
the white flashes are the phones people
are on so we've left them in that room
we've said we've left a camera on record
to film them getting on and now we're
just going to leave them there and see
how many times they look at their phone
Harry you got your phone out after 3
minutes is that a surprise to you it is
it is a surprise to me actually cuz I I
didn't think I used technology that that
often I didn't think I was that
dependent on it I'm surprised I lost it
4
minutes the role of addictive design in
social media has been well documented
Casino like features like pull to
refresh mimic slot machines and exploit
the pleasure of anticipating rewards and
interestingly this can trigger larger
dopamine spikes than the rewards
themselves there's also infinite
scrolling and autoplay to lull user into
Mindless Behavior but a silver lining is
that since 2018 Apple and Google have
built digital wellbeing features into
their phones to prevent overuse so the
tools are there people just have to use
them number three cognitive function a
2022 study found that our reading
comprehension declines when we read from
a screen even if the text is exactly the
same as it is on paper the chart you see
now shows reading comprehension scores
the red is reading from paper while the
blue is reading from a phone in addition
as mentioned at the top of this episode
The mere presence of your smartphone in
the same room room lowers your ability
to focus remember and solve problems the
phone doesn't even have to be switched
on researchers at the University of
Chicago call this brain drain it happens
because the human brain has a limited
capacity to process information meaning
we have to prioritize what we want to
focus on when your phone is nearby it
competes for cognitive resources and
your brain must work extra hard to
resist its Temptation This sabotages
your concentration on other tasks so
let's look at the experiment it's
remarkable quote the researchers asked
participants to either put their phones
next to them so they were visible like
on a desk nearby and out of sight like
in a bag or pocket or in another room
participants then completed a series of
tasks to test their abilities to process
and remember information their problem
solving and their focus they were found
to perform far better when their phones
were in another room instead of nearby
whether visible powered on or not that
held true even though most of the
participants claimed not to be
consciously thinking about their devices
end quote so it's an effect that happens
even though we don't notice it quite
fascinating and finally number four
stress smartphones aren't just changing
our Behavior they're affecting human
biology and the health risks can get
pretty serious endocrinologist Robert
lustig warns that smartphone
notifications have turned us all into
Pavlov's dogs training our brains to be
in a constant state of fear and stress
here's how it happens one
neurons in the prefrontal cortex are
altered after exposure to a flood of
neurotransmitters one common trigger of
neurotransmitters to flood the brain is
the anticipation of rewards like the UI
on Instagram two this can cause our
prefrontal cortex the brain's
decision-making Hub and emotional
control center to go completely haywire
and even shut down and three when the
prefrontal cortex shuts down the amydala
responsible for emotional regulation
takes over inducing stress and panic
when our prefrontal cortex is overworked
in this state one's self-control can
take a hit then to add to the pile
there's the information that we receive
from social media from Doom scrolling to
the creation of young hypochondriacs on
Tik Tok self diagnosing themselves into
Oblivion the answer is yes you have
trauma procrastination is actually a
short-term coping tool to avoid feeling
anxiety or dread a popular type of video
on Tik Tok is five things you might not
realize were a mental disorder and it's
really gen generic things like biting
your nails or fidgeting or being a
people pleaser I just need to take an
anxiety nap can you wake me up in like
30 minutes I'm like not well in a lot of
this discussion the problem isn't with
the smartphones themselves but social
media use and this was solidified by a
2023 Global study of over 50,000
participants but we have to stay
level-headed there's research to suggest
that about 30 minutes of daily social
media is actually beneficial but going
past about an hour can be detrimental
one of the most most impactful outcomes
of smartphones has been the way we
consume daily news for example when open
AI released GPT 4 last week it might
surprise you how different media covered
the story in different ways take for
example this story on the recent open AI
Reddit content deal the story was
reported on by 55 news outlets this left
leaning headline from Business Insider
frames the story as one regarding Big
Data concerns a right-leaning Outlet
focuses on the political orientation of
Reddit users as well as the monetary
size of the deal so when someone's
scrolling through a news feed that's
tailor made for them with news articles
that confirm their bias they're unlikely
to see the other side of the story
outside of their bubble and this is what
the algorithms of today have created so
it's important to get the whole picture
and that's where today's sponsor ground
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sources reporting all backed by ratings
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to that story on the open AI Reddit deal
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to make it easy for you to see all the
details their biased distribution shows
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thank you now back to the video so what
happens when people break away from
smartphones completely well fortunately
we have a slew of examples from those
who are heavy smartphone users and
decided to ditch them for a dumb phone
the way they describe their experiences
is pretty interesting let's take a quick
look at some testimonials I was not
ready for how much I truly enjoyed this
phone I was present with my kids with my
wife I was able to be reached by friends
and family bit about my experience just
what is it like living without a
smartphone for those of us who grew up
in the '90s I think there's a lot of
nostalgia around that time and for me a
lot of that is about the fact that
nobody had a smartphone or even a cell
phone but I was surprised and excited to
find that I could kind of reconnect with
some of the benefits of that time
through this experiment I've been much
more focused at work because all of my
work now takes place in front of the
computer so I'm much more intentional
and focused when it is actually time to
work I have time for Creative Hobbies
because I'm not scrolling through social
media or news or anything on my phone my
phone doesn't do anything fun and that
means I have time to get bored have you
ever been bored as an adult I don't
think I had until this experiment but
boredom equals creativity but then there
were others and this group wasn't quite
ass sold on the dumb phone idea and
quickly found themselves reverting back
to a smartphone all right so I'm nearly
finished with this 30-day experiment and
if I'm being completely honest I cannot
wait to get back to a smartphone I
entered this experiment really wanting
it to work really wanting to find a
phone that would give me all the tools I
needed while removing the headaches my
smartphone causes but unfortunately I
don't know if I'm ready to make the
switch full time not having a camera the
spotty directions and the clunky typing
are the biggest deal breakers for me
this is the phone that you could
literally only call with which is great
if that's all I needed
but I'd have to be damn confident with
my job security and my friendships
because I could see how easily I could
lose connections and friendships due to
my inability to respond there are more
people giving dumb phones a try so much
so that some call it the anti smartphone
Revolution you can check out my podcast
episode with KY Tang the co-founder of
lightone and I discussed this topic in
depth with him so if you've gotten to
this part of the episode you're probably
in one of three camps one all of this
information is new to you or the second
Camp you've heard some of this before
and learned some new things or even if
you're one of those who have heard all
of this before I think it's important to
remind ourselves but what about the
bigger picture what does all of this
mean it's insane to think that there's
the possibility that hundreds of
millions or even billions of people out
there could have worse memory worse
concentration smaller gray matter and
increased anxiety due to Chronic
smartphone overuse I'm going to ask you
do you think this explains part of the
world we live in today although it all
sounds terrible fortunately there are
very practical things that can be done
as we've talked about number one
exercise two avoid the overuse of social
media three stop multitasking four if
you want to increase comprehension
choose to read physical media instead of
your phone and five if you want to
improve memory limit phone use for
memory tasks where possible at the end
of the day the power is still in our
hands so what's your opinion on all of
this did this speak to you do you think
he use your smartphone too much or do
you think you've got everything under
control I'd love to hear from you in the
comments so anyway that is how your
smartphone is rewiring your brain thanks
for watching hope you learned something
from it if this is your first time
watching feel free to subscribe there's
plenty of interesting stuff on science
technology and business my name is toogo
and youve been watching cold fusion and
I'll catch you again soon for the next
episode cheers guys have a good one
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