Quit social media | Dr. Cal Newport | TEDxTysons
Great Ted talk. Well worth the time to watch. I am NOT saying we all need to quit social media. I do think we need to engage in social media carefully and not just with indifference.
… constant exports from your friends constant curated, positive portrayals of their life. can leave you to feel inadequate and can increase rates of depression.
Fundamental mismatch between the way are brains are wired and this behaviour of exposing yourself to stimuli with intermittent rewards throughout all of your waking hours. Its one thing to spend a couple of hours at a slot machine in Las Vegas, but if you bring one with you, and you pull the handle all day long, from when you wake up to when you go to bed; we’re not wired from it. It short circuits the brain and we’re staring to find it has actual cognitive consequences, one of them being this sort of pervasive background hum of anxiety.
Love to hear your thoughts.
Great talk. Some very legitimate arguments. I can attest to the hum of anxiety with always checking social media. Can be a real time waster. What a coinsidence that I shared it on facebook. Lol. I myself will be trying to give social media a rest over the summer months.