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I'm 24 and I quit Facebook 2 months ago. I don't have a smartphone. (People of all ages think I've lost my mind!) Already my psychological well being has improved. It's pretty fantastic to only have to worry about real world social interactions now. I'm still the same person. Still use the internet. But now, I'm forced to use it wiser and more productively. Well, most of the time :) Life wouldn't be much fun if you couldn't still procrastinate occasionally. People always say, "all things in moderation" but so much social media is cleverly designed to pervasively hijack human brains and make moderation extremely difficult. It's like a goddamn slot machine for your brain. And children....well they don't even have fully developed brains! I can't imagine what social media overuse does to depressed, moody, teenagers.

@psychedelicdreamer986

7 жыл бұрын

Good for you! You can only use your time once, there are no do-overs. So you can use your time to be on Snapchat or read a book, learn a new skill, exercise, you name it. Use your time wisely and you can look back on time well spent, throw it away and you have nothing. So don't let people tell you you're crazy or anti-social, it's a sign of sanity to not fit into an insane world.

@jelicianorwood24

6 жыл бұрын

That's good you did that. I just deleted my Facebook and I barely use my Phone.

@adamdion7574

6 жыл бұрын

Well said... I think insane doesn't even do it with justice

@IhateCCP

5 жыл бұрын

only morons use facebook. I mean how stupid do you have to be?

@pusheenomics

5 жыл бұрын

I would love to ditch my smartphone but the ability to use Uber, Google Maps and Waze is holding me back 😅

I'm kinda addicted to watching youtube. The problem is, if it were completely useless I would quit immedietly, but sometimes I get these gems like this video. Not sure if I should quit watching yt or not...

@MarkoKraguljac

7 жыл бұрын

Run uBlock Origin and enjoy.

@11informer11

7 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem. My solution: watch in moderation.

@PersianLeonidus

7 жыл бұрын

GoatzAreEpic Maokai I've basically turned off my notifications and it's given me more agency over it. I can't say how to control the recommended videos tab, or the suggestions bar next to it. If you find out let me know! It be great to figure it out.

@sbalogh53

7 жыл бұрын

KZread has replaced TV for me. Although it can be a huge time-waster I tend to watch videos which are of great interest to me, documentaries, science videos, and similar stuff. I steer clear of crap videos although I do get sucked in occasionally for 20-30 minutes. I am currently watching a great series of videos by a guy called Isaac Arthur, all about advanced civilizations. I also love story telling videos about Thailand and experiences people have had there. To me, these are not a waste of time but a source of entertainment specific to me, rather than the generalized bullsh&t churned out by TV these days.

@lemonsavery

7 жыл бұрын

Issac Author's channel is a true gem. KZread still takes up too much of my time though, even though it's time spent on interesting and informative videos I truly enjoy.

Deleted my facebook as soon as I started getting notifications that were basically ads in disguise.

@animallover6465

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGl8pcN_YrXafbQ.html

To this day, deleting my Facebook account was one of the best decisions I have ever made. And avoiding all these social media apps, brings a level of freedom that is almost invaluable.

@petertaylor9371

7 жыл бұрын

winj3r Same here.

@jamesmiranda1449

4 жыл бұрын

Try telling that to the average American woman!! 😂 lol. They seek attention in the wrong places.

@marilis114

4 жыл бұрын

YES a big YES. I feel free

@jamesmiranda1449

4 жыл бұрын

@K. Cook Well, good! You're above average then. 👍

@uoehsfgu

4 жыл бұрын

And here you are watching KZread, a social media app...

I took last week off of social media and it was pretty awesome, and calming, and productive. I spent Saturday scrolling like normal and I could feel it's negative effects. I'm taking this week off also.

@swat22camden

6 жыл бұрын

im considering a break.

@llchase326

2 жыл бұрын

Just told my daughter today that I was boycotting social media. No more Facebook for me. I don't use snap chat or Instagram either. I don't have a TV, but my computer is just as bad with all the streaming apps.

@larrycarter1192

2 жыл бұрын

I can't afford a break. I have a job that pays me every two weeks I'm late on my car payment. Other stuff just doesn't get my attention anymore. I have a budget.

Amen! This topic is mainly why I dislike social media now. Everyone has become autobots super concerned with the opinions of others. So much pressure for likes and outside validation. I really hope that more people begin to unplug.

@MarkoKraguljac

7 жыл бұрын

They will unplug when something better comes to fill the void.

@osuushiza8

6 жыл бұрын

LJs Journey My mom is even more of a bot than a mom bc it has her so deeply sucked right in!

I supervise 20 nursing aides, most in their early-mid 20's. They literally spend 8+ hours a day staring at their devices. It's sunk time and I try to tell them that if they applied as much time to studies (nursing usually as most of them want to be nurses) as they do staring at these phones they could write their own ticket. They don't listen, instead they continue flushing their days, months, and years down the toilet. A real shame.

@AlexSosaBolivia

7 жыл бұрын

Oscar Barrón when I walk into a patients room and see the aide on her iPhone while said patient is hovering over her bed in a hoyer lift it isn't difficult to conclude that that aide has a serious problem.

@jonjon11882

7 жыл бұрын

Uhm I don't think you got the point Oscar made. -_- let me repeat it for you: Phones and media aren't inherently bad, their use can be insidious and treacherous OR it can also be productive and efficient.

@AlexSosaBolivia

7 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Vazquez-Perez Just like potato chips can be part of a balanced diet even if the one eating them is 400 pounds overweight, right? Don't try to grow a brain.

@AlexSosaBolivia

7 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Vazquez-Perez and BTW telling me cell phones can be "insidious or productive" is like telling me the distance from the earth to the sun. My response is "so what?" Unlike you I'm speaking from experience; these are people I generally care about and I've seen how toxic it is to spend 8 hours a day staring slackjawed at a "device." If you get some benefit from this kind of behavior, good for you.

@tylerb7503

7 жыл бұрын

Alejandro Sosa I'm in high school and I found that everyone does this in their free time I instead read books I've downloaded.

I had to start carrying something to read when I go out since everybody is on their "smart" phone ignoring the people they are actually with.

Black Mirror took this conversation to a whole other level in one of their episodes.

@neogery

7 жыл бұрын

which one?

@diogeneslantern18

7 жыл бұрын

Yuushaoo Black Mirror has a couple of social media episodes, he might be referring to the S2E2 though

@kennyg03

7 жыл бұрын

You're totally right about the episodes but I was referring to S3E1 "Nosedive". If you think about it, we're not that far away from that shit.

@PersianLeonidus

7 жыл бұрын

Ken Roberts there's a podcast/ youtube channel called extra credits where they talked about something similar happening in China. The summary is that the Chinese need points to get priviliges. Without them, they could get arrested or even barred from buying certain items.

@LisaSmith-yb2uz

6 жыл бұрын

Ken Roberts that's a brilliant show! 😉👍

Im 21 stopped using all social media, unless i chat with someone. Not having to care about how many likes my thing has or how many people wish be happy birthday or useless shit like that is soooo freeing, besides all the social media is free ads for corporations these days. I don't care what fucking pepsi dude who got hired to post on facebook fan page has to say, it's a fucking ad

@sagem116

7 жыл бұрын

Zachar Art trust, im 20 and I stopped​ all social media 2 years ago and I have never felt more free. people these days are slaves to social media likes etc it's really sad

@-cosmicrogue-

7 жыл бұрын

Early 20's here. And I quit too. Social media has far more negatives than positives in the long run. It's pretty amazing how psychologically freeing it feels to only have to focus on real world social interactions.

@iza4557

7 жыл бұрын

You all realise that KZread IS social media. Choose your words wisely.

@sagem116

7 жыл бұрын

Iza no u idiot it isn't, KZread comments section is like online forums, would u consider online forums social media, no u wouldn't

@iza4557

7 жыл бұрын

Sage master as a matter of fact, I would consider them a form of social media.

Well it's definitely helping to separate us into groups who disagree severely with one another.

Thank you! I'm not going mad then. Sometimes I feel I'm in the film "Invasion of the body snatchers". I recognise so much of what you said here. It was really, really helpful hear a stranger articulate a lot of thoughts and feeling I've been having about tech. I'm middle aged so I think it helps a lot that I was born before the Internet. It's changed so much recently. I struggle with my iPhone, because it can be really useful, but I'm always calmer when I don't have it. Keep up the good work. Warmest wishes.

That's exactly why I left social media . That's why I don't have Facebook, instagram ,Snapchat..

@DewaldLouwChannel

7 жыл бұрын

Oumayma Nait Baha Welcome to KZread.

@oumaymanaitbaha7041

7 жыл бұрын

Dewald Louw I'm on KZread ,gmail,and whatsapp . And I'm in control of my time . ;)

@-cosmicrogue-

7 жыл бұрын

Dewald Louw Personally speaking, I feel like KZread is far less invasive. At least, I think the anonymity(for most people) allows you to have more control of your time. For me it doesn't feel very different than watching TV. Sure, you can sit and find yourself endlessly channel surfing or watching KZread videos but I don't think it's as difficult to pull yourself away from as other forms of social media.

@smcic

7 жыл бұрын

KZread is the only "social media" I use. I use it mostly to watch science videos. Well, and cats.

@Hombolicious

7 жыл бұрын

KZread is social media, you are literally commenting on a posted video.

I love how he gives examples of how people worried newspapers would stop people talking on subways, tv would make people stay at home and then it turns out ok. Even though people do stay at home more and dont talk on subways so who knows maybe they were right.

Such a good video! Brought up some really great points. I don't think it'll be possible for everyone to simply disconnect fully from social media (I know I don't want to have to delete all my accounts), but the conversation can shift towards how do we, as sovereign individuals, retain our self-worth outside of the digital sphere. This is an especially important conversation I think to have with young adults, particularly young women. I hope to see more videos with Tristan Harris!

A very thoughtful analysis! Thank you for taking the time to lay it out so clearly. So this is a question I've been wrestling with for a while now: how can I use social media (ethically) to get people's attention (ethically) to share with them a product or idea that I really think might help them? And I think it ties into your very last point, which is, we need to figure out how to make money from creating value not simply commanding attention spans.

My favorite BigThink in awhile. Tristan seems so knowledgeable about what he's talking about, and brings up some great points.

Yeah, this is a whole new ballgame, and I and many people I know are noticing how it is affecting the social sphere in our communities. No one is willing to make eye contact anymore, or make new friends or, even just have any type of personal conversation. No one cares about socializing anymore, because we’ve created a new digital life for ourselves, and it’s easier than meeting and socializing with people, so we’re just naturally going to gravitate towards what’s easier on average. But it’s just snowballing into a huge social problem where it’s getting even harder and harder to go out and socialize as EVERYONE is being affected by it. As less and less people aren’t as willing to socialize, It’s just getting harder and harder for the individual to overcome and navigate the current social terrain even if they want to, and in many cases the failed attempts at socializing become too emotionally painful for people that they just opt to do what everyone else is doing and just retreat into their little digital oasis where they will be entertained enough to not become quite depressed enough to commit suicide but still remain fundamentally lonely. I hate to say it, but I honestly think this is just going to get worse before it gets better.

The Old Empire distributed opium. The New Empire distributes something less fun but somehow just as addictive.

A lot of very good points here.

It's 2021 and nothing has changed.

Love Tristan Harris and think he's totally right. The one thing I disagree on is the idea that the phone and TV wasn't disastrous. The movement of parental attention from being solely focused on children (along with everyday work) to being taken up by screens seems to me to have led to a generation of people with Borderline Personality Disorder like traits. Many children of the 80s onwards seem desperate for validation and attention - and rightly so - they've grown up knowing the only way to get those basic human needs met is to actively market themselves by inhabiting the broadcast media. The TV primed the ground for snapchat - it was the TV that said - your parents love screens more than you - and created the market for products that helped people get inside those screens themselves.

I think, I needed to hear, why it's different to the days when one would simply call or send basic SMS or email to a friend. Thankyou; this information was valuable.

i been on to this for years

Thank you, great video!

Great piece. I suspected a lot of these points already.

Deleted Facebook about 3 months ago feel less anxious

jokes on them my self worth never existed in the first place! too miserable? OK I'll leave

@LPFan33

7 жыл бұрын

karl wanna do a sketch commedy series with me?

@simonasvaitiekunas5326

7 жыл бұрын

Shrek no way you ugly fuck

@meagansk926

6 жыл бұрын

Karl Pilkington Karl!

@elegancemonroe3227

6 жыл бұрын

I don’t see why ? I think You’re hilarious😘

@taataathe3rd341

4 жыл бұрын

@@simonasvaitiekunas5326 hey don't make fun of our God

This is a ver important point: THE DIFFERENCE with anything that came before - It makes me think of parents who tend to believe that their children are more in danger outdoor than in their room with their phone... "The less people have defined their own values the more vulnerable they are to someonelse coming in and giving them their values" ... imagine how much more vulnerable children are. The closing is so touching! What would the world look like today , if they made more money based on how much they helped us in our lives ? I cut social media out of my life, it's just sad to see that as humans, "sovereign human being", we are no longer enough in this society because it forces you to have a smartphone and have technology. Freedom from WIFI connection and from digital, freedom to be ENOUGH and to access public services just as a Human, should be a Human Right.

I went from 21 hours on Facebook now it’s only 10 minutes i’m challenging myself More time with ordinary things less time on media. We don’t need likes to move us or change us

The great french philosopher, historian and theologian Jacques Ellul foresaw and wrote extensively about the dangers of technology already in the fifties and after till his death. He's often called, and for good reason, "L'homme qui a tout prevu". Fundamental reading for those wanting to dig deeper on this topic.

Brilliant, this puts into words something that's bothered me for a while.

He made some validpoints and I want to use my mind not waste time on social media.

I only keep a FB account "open" to keep my family off my back. But I don't use it. Somehow I manage just fine... and my self esteem is healthy and strong! :)

to me this was the best part - "the less people have to find their own values, the more vulnerable the are to someone else coming in and giving them their values"

@lauriezuidmulder1226

2 жыл бұрын

My 12 yr old granddaughter spends ALL day Sunday in her room on her phone. The selfies and other things she feels she can share with me are so bad in my 62 yr old mind. When she is not in school, she is on her phone. She seems unhappy most of the time.

Fantastic piece! Wouldn't it be amazing if the metric could be shifted to how many we help, rather than how many 'likes' or eyeballs! Thank you!

Very good video. I don't use FB or Twit. or S.C. It can make me feel a bit like an outsider at times. It can be a little tempting to get caught up with the whole social media thing sometimes, but I guess I'm old fashioned and enjoy my privacy. (If there is such a thing anymore). I do enjoy KZread videos though. Great platform to learn and spread knowledge. Anyway good video, good msg. Thumbs up!

Excellent.

I was blocked from using FB for three days. A real blessing! I got a lot more done and enjoying life more. I realized that I was a slave to FB which is an intrusive time-sponge. I don't miss it one bit!

Knee-jerk reaction to the title, I say enslaved. I'm a Boomer, and yearn for the 70's, no computers, cell phones. I had a stereo, a phone wired to wall, a bicycle, an easily repairable car, and an acoustic guitar. Not even a TV. Life was blissfully simple compared to now. Yet, my life now revolves around my cell phone... which occupies way too much of my time... and I spend minimal time on social media. KZread is my weakness.

first heard this guy on Sam Harris Podcast. Very important that people be aware of this issue.

Back in the 70's you talk to people on the phone☎️ that you knew, now with the internet📲 you talk to stranger's that you never met before from anywhere around the world🌏. A Scam artists paradise🤑

Very good video. I already quit facebook, insta, twitter, snapchat, etc etc, the last thing is KZread. It's very hard to quit, especially with the new recommended feed, there is always something entertaining

@Maxander2001

7 жыл бұрын

Many of the worlds top universities have a lot of great content available for free, on KZread. Perhaps you should work on finding the quality content. Stanford, MIT, etc.

@bas3386

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah I always start off watching vids like Tedx, but before I know I'm watching videos about stuff I already know or things I do not need or want right now. Then I feel really stupid. Maybe I should just quit YT alltogether, I see no other option

@IrishSuzyAM

7 жыл бұрын

Bas What difference have you seen?

@bas3386

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I dont really understand your question. Do you mean with KZread or all the other social media?

Everything he is saying is so true. My question is where does it end and what's next. Scary

Good talk, thank you for putting this out there. I do think he's being too nice about it, talking about how corporations aren't evil, they're just trying to maximize their game. The same can be said about questionable hedge funds, drug dealer and politicians; just because it's just business to them, doesn't mean they're not evil, imho. The moment somebody has the strength of character to compete on this market with a product that doesn't mess with people's minds, or at least doesn't try to lower their self worth if they don't use the app enough, it could be a game changer. Snapchat sounds awful, I don't understand the point at all. If you have social media as a tool to put something out there, inform or entertain people or something like that, I get it, if you like it as an advanced kind of photo album and a place to keep in touch with people, I get it. But what's the point of posting a bunch of random stuff which doesn't even stays there? Seems like an endless stream of pointlessness to me, very depressing. And if you would have explained what it was to people 25 years ago, most sane people would have agreed with me, but somehow everybody lives in some sort of insane hive-mind now, where things are normal that are crazy to me. And of course, I'm not social media free either, or else what am I doing here? Resistance is futile...

In the 80s and 90s computers were bicycles, now they are just hamster wheels. Once people found out they could make easy money the internet was ruined.

it's not addiction, it's mind controling

09:07 “instead of making more money the more time we get, we make more money the more we have _helped_ you in your life”

I saw this talk before... Is this a re-upload? Also, there is an "off" switch.

Well, COVID just made us stay home and use our devices that much more, so this game is really interesting

@miguelsalas4852

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. I have the exact same thought

This is so important.

Too much of anything is a bad thing, and that applies to technology too. I love KZread because of all the educational stuff on here but I also like to watch entertaining stuff that serves no real purpose too...sometimes. I've turned off notifications for all of my social media accounts, I only add people I actually know, and only follow a handful of celebrities and funny pages. Technology/social media isn't completely evil, you just have to make sure you have the upper hand and not let it control you. Like I said, notifications are off and I normally use the apps for around 15 mins everyday. Moderation is key.

i knew snapchat, instagram, etc were all bad for us but i couldn't pinpoint it until now. it determines self worth all too often, especially with kids.

8:22 I think this thing of getting constant feedback and approval from others about our thoughts is creeping into our real world as well (where even social media has no role to play). Like we have a teacher in our school who has this habit of crashing into our pleasant conversations with his controversial talks from all around the world. It really gets obnoxious when he does this, and after watching this video I think that this might have happened to him due to the social media (P.S. he talks about social media a lot in his controversies 'cause it is where he finds these things...)

Thanks for the video. I learned something.

The only social media i use is youtube lol. All the other ones are luring people into an "negative atmosphere" that will "suffocate" them eventually.

@PsychopathUltimate

7 жыл бұрын

KZread isn't social media, it's a video site. Comments don't make a difference.

@zedekiahthemoonwalker

7 жыл бұрын

it is actually. look it up.

@zedekiahthemoonwalker

7 жыл бұрын

whatever u say psychopath....

@LisaSmith-yb2uz

6 жыл бұрын

Zedekiah The Prophet Of Time me too! 😋👍

@gapeach14

4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

wow this guy is a genius. we need more people like him in this world

Big Tech: "Here's a bicycle for your mind." Me: "I got a rock."

KZread sent a notification that video was available. I am now starting another few hours of watching YT. FML

Just 3k views for something like this ? People must really wake up !!!!

@adamdion7574

6 жыл бұрын

What people must do, they don't do it

Great video!

What you call stealing our self worth, I call improvements (auto play for example). The snap streaks is not an improvement, it's an addictive pointless feature.

People think I'm weird because I don't have a cell phone and I'm 35 but at least I'm in control. This guy has great points but I detest when people "talk with their hands."

Google's (or should I say Alphabet's) official motto is "Don't be evil", however that doesn't rule out the possibility of doing evil. For some reason I'm more inclined to trust them over Facebook or Snapchat even though all these companies are competing for our attention...makes you wonder what will happen when we'll be able to augment our bodies with electronics and constantly be interfacing with technology

@diogeneslantern18

7 жыл бұрын

Philippe Rivet that would lead to the rapid culmination of the end of times - the Singularity is predicted to happen by 2035

@psychedelicdreamer986

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. Facebook has experimented on users in the past, to see if they could manipulate their moods by manipulating their news feed. They even admitted it themselves.

@adamdion7574

6 жыл бұрын

They are still doing it btw

@KieranMcCarron

6 жыл бұрын

No, they removed that motto.

I 100% agree with his analysis, yet the solution at the end seemed a bit brief; how can we make that change to monetising success on the grounds of how much help these technologies have given us. Is it a design change, or a corporate one?

Can someone please link the study by Emily Weinstein about the Snapchat streaks? I cannot find it.

Algo en este video me recordó que debo revisar como van mis puntos de Local Guide en Google Maps...

You know you have good self control, when you can lose a streak on Snap and just not gaf

Even before the end of this video KZread recommending two more videos to watch.

so happy to never have experienced any of this crap.

So true! Being human is a rich, though not fully tapped, experience.

They should develop apps with archivements, like the ones in video games.

Thanks for this! Enlightening and will be detoxing for a month and then hopefully deleting my accounts.

These devices connect us to everything from astrophysics to plant foraging guides

@LucifersDeathSquad

7 жыл бұрын

Bobby Harper And almost no one uses it for that

He seems to overlook addiction. Defining our own self-worth etc may not matter when our reward pathways are hijacked. It's like telling a junky that his self-worth is not how the drug makes him feel -- good luck with that. But the anecdote about how kids give their Snapchat passwords to friends so they can help with streaks does support what he is saying, because having your friend maintain the activity is different than a direct chemical driven addiction. So I am not dismissing the self-worth argument, just adding the issue of addiction to it

Thank you Tristan Harris.

This is a scary trend emerging!

Mr Harris is speaking the truth. It's different this time.

Current currency: maximize attention Required currency: maximize helping each other

This is so true.

Good video!

U kno, this guy's last sentence should be taught at Politics 101

Love the idea of technology as a bicycle for the brain👍 Let's get back to that!

he keeps saying 'they're not evil' but I still think they are... ok?

Really can't relate. Still using a nokia

digital addiction is a thing. digital addiction treatment centers are few and far between. blue light from screens disrupts circadian rhythms.

Eh... TV and Radio were like this though... Think about TV shows using cliffhangers to get people to come back, advertising to kids to compel them to get their parents to buy toys, radios having giveaways to try and get listeners to tune in at specific times...

It should be simply impossible to PURCHASE likes, followers, subscribers et. al. This is flat-out cheating.

I agree with everything he says, except he always protects these tech designers and clarifies these people don't have ill intentions. Maybe since he used to be one of those people he doesn't want to blame them, but I think he's going too easy on them. These people are knowingly decreasing the value of our lives for the sake of profit. They can still make profit by simply making their app just that damn good! Also a side note, if you care about streaks you need to grow up. Also I hate all of the snap articles that are fake, clickbait, or spreading misinformation. Some of them don't even spell celebrities' names right. Snapchat is just overall unprofessional.

Awesome Video.

The algorithm has brought me here to listen to the architect. There is no exit from the matrix!

Addicting is not a word

I haven't checked Snapchat in a month and lost all my streaks. I'd like to say this is because of my empowerment, independence, responsibility, etc. but really I'm just reckless.

It's been awhile but here is a goodBig think

going on a social media free streak - catch me not looking at your storylines for X amount of days bih

Don't have Snapchat, never will. I'm 16 and all my friends use Snapchat

One of the honest information.

Liked and Shared coz it must a share thought.

I have nothing but youtube.