Stone Age Brain, Screen Age Problem - The Truth About Technology and Your Brain with Richard Cytowic

Smart People Podcast

Smart People Industries

Business, Education, Society & Culture

4.6 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Join award-winning neurologist Richard Cytowic as he reveals the surprising reasons behind our screen addictions. Our brains, unchanged since the Stone Age, are woefully unprepared for the temptations of modern technology. Cytowic explains how ancient instincts like desire, reward and competition are hijacked by Big Tech, leading to unhealthy attachments. Discover the hidden mechanisms driving your screen behavior and, more importantly, learn practical strategies to regain control. Take the first step towards breaking the cycle of addiction and reclaim your life in the Screen Age. Richard's book, Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload, is available wherever books are sold. You can learn more about Richard at cytowic.net. Support the Show - Become a Patron! Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast Sponsors: Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/spp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.0	necessarily done by smart people.
0:45.0	Hello and welcome to Smart People podcast, conversations that satisfy your curious mind.
0:50.1	Chris Stemp here, thank you for tuning in.
0:52.8	If you're listening to this podcast, you are likely aware of the term technology addiction.
1:00.1	You've probably heard or read many things about the impact that technology has on us, on our children,
1:06.9	in the contentious debate about its true effects.
1:12.2	And yet, despite all of the information that is surrounding us, not only are we still unclear,
1:19.2	but often I don't believe we take it to heart.
1:23.7	I don't think we really understand what it means when we hear the idea that technology is like a drug.
1:31.6	And so what I hope this episode does for you is the same thing it did for me, which is to make me rethink the role of technology, specifically screens and smartphones in my life and in my kids' lives.
1:45.4	This episode will encourage you to think differently about the way in which we fill our time
1:52.6	and its downstream effects of a harmless five minutes scrolling through social media.
2:00.1	In fact, I was so moved or motivated by this episode
2:04.6	that I not only have made changes such as deleting multiple social media apps, but I did
2:11.0	something I've been wanting to do for years, which is I recorded a short, separate podcast about my take on the discussion.
2:21.7	What were the key points for me?
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