Space Elevators (w/ Zach Weinersmith) and Why Get Off Your Phone When You Watch TV
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Learn about new research that shows why you might enjoy watching TV more if you put your phone away. Then, learn about space elevators with Zach Weinersmith, creator of the popular geek webcomic “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.”
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why you should get off your phone while you watch TV: https://curiosity.im/2SG8ZqZ
Additional resources from Zach Weinersmith:
- Pick up “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
- Geek webcomic “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal” — https://www.smbc-comics.com/
- Follow @ZachWeiner on Twitter — https://twitter.com/ZachWeiner
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.0 | Today you learn about new research that shows why you might enjoy watching TV more if you put your phone away. |
| 0:12.0 | You'll also hear from Zach Wienersmith. watching TV more if you put your phone away. |
| 0:12.6 | You'll also hear from Zach Wienersmith, |
| 0:14.6 | the cartoonist behind the popular geek web comic |
| 0:17.4 | Saturday morning breakfast cereal, |
| 0:19.2 | who joins us to help you learn about space elevators. |
| 0:22.0 | Let's elevate some curiosity. |
| 0:24.1 | New research suggests that when you're watching TV, |
| 0:26.8 | you should get off your phone. |
| 0:28.3 | Whether you're watching the Oscars, the bachelorette, |
| 0:30.8 | or your favorite sporting event, W. W. W. |
| 0:33.8 | Monday Night Raw? |
| 0:34.8 | May I the only one? |
| 0:35.8 | Yep. |
| 0:36.8 | Pulling up social media and live tweeting can be addictive and immersive. |
| 0:41.5 | But according to this new study from University of Connecticut, |
| 0:44.4 | live tweeting might be a little too immersive. More than half of 18 to 24 year olds |
| 0:49.9 | engaged in social media for discussion while they watch television. |
| 0:54.0 | And this research shows that they're probably having less fun |
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