Breaking the circle - Understanding the consequences of mobile technology overuse (Episode 08)

In this ThatITShow podcast, we discuss the ongoing distraction epidemic - how technology is affecting our attention spans and lives. There's a lot of data to support the conclusion that we're becoming less social, less intelligent and less human. Here are a few articles to check (there are many of them available):
Digital Overuse and Addictive Traits and Their Relationship With Mental Well-Being and Socio-Demographic Factors: A National Population Survey for Wales (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.585715)
Brain health consequences of digital technology use (https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.2/gsmall)
Going digital: how technology use may influence human brains and behavior (https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.2/mhoehe)
Technology Use: Too Much of a Good Thing? (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11293-020-09683-1)
Digital Overuse and Subjective Well-Being in a Digitized Society (https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119886031)

#mentalhealth #socialskills #humanity #mobiletechnology #screentime

Chapters:
0:00 Intro clip and bad jokes
0:44 Main topic - Our mobile device addiction is fueling our transformation into awkward, socially inept less-than-what-humans-could-be
01:29:03 End credits

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