What Does It Mean To Live Intentionally? • THE GREENFIELD NETWORK • Introduction

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TRANSCRIPT:
I think we can all appreciate what technology has done for us, but many of us are also realizing we’re addicted.

Innovations are sold to us as “optimizations”-- we’re trained to accept them at face value, as a net benefit.

Social media, the dopamine slot machine in your pocket, the ability to fill every vacant moment--

We’re drawn in—Our behavior is molded—we’re pulled away from being present, and forming real human connections.

News and digital entertainment are everywhere, offering to put our brains on autopilot, and programming us with messages from a handful of massive corporations.

And this programming extends to our children now, with a “Digital Babysitter”--but what is it actually doing to their brains and development?

And ever-present advertising conditions us to accept the highly-processed, but quick, cheap and easy meal as all we have time for in our busy lives.

Are we really evaluating the cost of these “optimizations”?

Anxiety, stress, marital problems, health issues—are all brushed off as part of modern life.

For us, it took our marriage being on the brink of breaking down to finally wake up.

We saw how many of these “optimizations” eroded our communication, family connection and general health.

We knew what needed to be done.

It’s time to break our bad habits, make new rules, and live intentionally.

We want our decisions to be informed and to be our own.

We created The Greenfield Network to share this ongoing journey.

We want better human connections, and want to examine relationships with technology, food, health, and more.

We are in unprecedented times. Let’s put in the hard work, take back control, and build the lives we were meant to live.