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You are actively rewiring your brain for
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the worst by engaging with social media,
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high volume, quick videos.
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>> And the social media executives don't
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let their kids use this stuff because
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they designed it to be addictive and
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they know that millions and millions of
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kids have been cyberbullied, sexed. Many
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have committed suicide. So, I'm getting
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angry.
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>> And then from the medical perspective,
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it's rewiring your body, increasing your
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risk of heart disease and PTSD.
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>> We've moved too far into the virtual
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world and the results are catastrophic.
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People are spending roughly about 6 and
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a half hours a day on their phones. What
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do we do about this?
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>> Well, here's the amazing thing. We
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actually can control our fate. So, you
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have to reclaim your attention because
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without the ability to pay attention for
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several minutes at a time, we're seeing
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the destruction of human potential, the
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human relationships, the connection.
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>> But there's all these small tweaks that
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you can do to override that primal urge
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to scroll. Like, for example, 91% of
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people had an improvement in attention,
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well-being, and mental health. after
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just 2 weeks of continuing to use your
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device but not having internet access.
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Next, keep your phone out of your arms
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reach because the sheer potential for
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distraction has actually been shown to
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change your prefrontal cortex, which is
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called brain drain.
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>> So, yes, we should exert more
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self-control, but we're being pushed in
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addictive apps and it's messing us all
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up. That's not our fault.
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>> Would you advise people to delete these
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short form videos?
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>> Oh my god, yes. That would the most
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important thing you can do for your
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intelligence and for humanity. But if I
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was going to offer some specific advice,
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here are the three things that I do with
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my students to reclaim retention.
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>> And then to add to that, I have the 3
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second brain reset. So, first
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>> I wanted to ask you guys what you
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thought of this.
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>> Hey, you're back.
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>> This terrifies me. We've got to stop
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this