What Social Media Does to Your Mind - And How to Take it Back

According to the latest data from 2022, the average user spends 2 hours and 27 minutes on social media daily, and that number is continuing to rise. Couple this with the over 4 billion users worldwide, which is expected to rise to well over 6 billion by 2027, and we are talking about a LOT of time spent online.

With this rapid progress that everyone seems to be on board with, should we stop and ask ourselves; what is the cost of social media? In other words, with all of the benefits gained, which are enormous, what does it take from us?

This video is not anti-social media, but it does recognize the fact that it is no longer a casual source of entertainment, but a tool that shapes our minds and life. With this, it's critical that we pay more attention to the content we consume, less we become it.

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Some references for today's video:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502424/

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media-use-in-2021/?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=21-04-07%20Social%20Media%20Report%20Immediate%20Release&org=982&lvl=100&ite=8299&lea=1790136&ctr=0&par=1&trk=
https://smnlab.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Meshi_2015_TICS.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5387999/%C2%A0/

https://www.apa.org/members/content/social-media-research

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002210311730505X