Distracted or Empowered? Rethinking Our Relationship with Technology with Pete Etchells
The One You Feed
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4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Pete Etchells brings a fresh perspective to the discussion on rethinking our relationship with technology. He challenges prevalent assumptions and encourages a deeper exploration of the nuanced effects of technology on our mental health and overall well-being. Pete shares some of the complex research and distills it into comprehensible insights for a more informed understanding of the intricate relationship between digital devices and mental health.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the nuanced effects of screen time on mental health
- Discover effective digital detox methods to improve well-being
- Explore the impact of social media on overall mental and emotional health
- Learn strategies for managing and overcoming screen addiction
- Recognize the role of technology in attention and distraction, and how to navigate it effectively
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| 0:00.0 | The rate at which technology develops and changes is really fast, right? |
| 0:05.0 | Way faster than science can keep up with understanding its effects. |
| 0:09.0 | And yeah, that's part of the reason why we're in the situation that we're in, |
| 0:12.0 | in terms of trying to understand the the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen |
| 0:39.3 | or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have |
| 0:46.9 | instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just |
| 0:52.7 | about thinking. Our actions matter. |
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