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