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Crazy/Genius

Are Smartphones Ruining Our Lives?

Crazy/Genius

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Business, Society & Culture, Technology

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Digital devices rob us of our attention, creativity, and, some studies show, our mental health. We ask psychologists and authors if smartphone and social media usage has triggered a national health crisis — and what we can do to free ourselves from the allure of modern technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.8

So this is you have to

0:36.0

this is the internet addiction test, an abbreviated version. Oh God, I'm nervous.

0:37.0

So the way it goes is this.

0:38.0

You have to select the response that best represents the frequency of each of the behaviors

0:42.4

I'm about to read from zero not applicable to five always.

0:48.0

This is Adam Alter. He's a psychology professor at NYU and the author of a book about behavioral addiction

0:56.0

and technology called Irresistible. Today he's trying to figure out if I'm addicted to my phone. How often do you find that you stay online longer than you intended?

1:07.0

Four. How often do you lose sleep because of late night logins?

1:11.0

I three. How often do others in your life complain?

1:14.0

How often do you find yourself saying just a few minutes?

1:16.0

I would say four.

1:17.0

How often do you check your email before something else?

1:19.0

How often do you find them to say?

1:21.0

Unfortunately.

1:22.0

Okay.

1:23.0

Oh God.

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