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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

BITESIZE | The Surprising Truth About Smartphones: How To Boost Your Happiness and Fix Your Focus | Dr Anders Hansen #482

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.810.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is about a topic that I am truly passionate about – the introduction of social media and smartphones into all aspects of our lives – and what impact this is having on us individually and collectively.   Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests.   Today’s clip is from episode 381 of the podcast with Swedish psychiatrist, globally renowned speaker and best-selling author Dr Anders Hansen.   In this clip we discuss how overuse of technology can have such a pervasive impact in all areas of our life from our health and happiness to the quality of our relationships.  Thanks to our sponsor https://www.drinkag1.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at https://drchatterjee.com/381 DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:00.0

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0:47.9

Welcome to Feel Better Live More bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.

0:57.8

Today's clip is from episode 381 of the podcast with Swedish psychiatrist, globally renowned speaker

1:04.9

and best-selling author Dr Anders Hansen. In this clip, we discuss how the overuse of technology can have a pervasive impact in all

1:15.8

areas of our life, from our health and happiness to the quality of our relationships.

1:23.3

The most valuable thing in today's society is not gold or yen or euros or pounds.

1:29.9

It's human attention.

1:32.1

And a number of companies have been incredibly good at grabbing that attention.

1:36.1

If you try to find the customer service on Facebook, you realize that it's very hard.

1:40.3

And that's because you are not the customer of Facebook.

1:42.9

You are the product.

1:44.7

Every second that we spent on our screens is money for them.

1:48.9

And they had just gotten better and better and better at doing that.

1:52.8

And as a consequence, we spend more and more and more time on our screens.

1:57.3

And today for adults, it's somewhere between four to five hours.

2:00.5

For teenagers, it's five, four to five hours, for teenagers.

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