Feeling Bored? Stop Swiping

Short Wave

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

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Summary

Have you ever scrolled through a TikTok without finishing it? Switched between YouTube videos halfway through one or the other? Pressed "fast forward" on a Netflix episode that just wasn't holding your interest? That habit is called "digital switching" — and it might be causing the exact thing you're trying to avoid: boredom. Emily and Regina break that and more of the week's news down with the help of All Things Considered's Ailsa Chang.

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0:20.5	hey shortwavers Emily quang here and today I'm joined by two of NPR's finest,
0:24.4	Elsa Chang.
0:25.4	Hi!
0:26.4	Hi!
0:27.4	And Regina Barber.
0:28.4	I'm the finest? You are so fine!
0:30.4	Okay.
0:31.4	We all know the drill.
0:32.4	We're going to share free science stories in the news that have caught our attention recently.
0:35.8	Yes, and I hear you are going to tell me about the connection between boredom and social media.
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