Dr. Ethan Kross

And it just lightens the load. And so that's a way that I'm using social media very strategically to shift my emotions in a direction I want them to be shifted

And it just lightens the load. And so that's a way that I'm using social media very strategically to shift my emotions in a direction I want them to be shifted

At a certain time, I think when we talk about social media and our emotional lives, the real challenge we face is how to learn how to navigate these new digital environments in ways that serve us rather than serve against us and undermine our goals. We basically got thrown into social media without any rule book.

At a certain time, I think when we talk about social media and our emotional lives, the real challenge we face is how to learn how to navigate these new digital environments in ways that serve us rather than serve against us and undermine our goals. We basically got thrown into social media without any rule book.

At a certain time, I think when we talk about social media and our emotional lives, the real challenge we face is how to learn how to navigate these new digital environments in ways that serve us rather than serve against us and undermine our goals. We basically got thrown into social media without any rule book.

We're the experiment. But if you think about it, it's a new environment. We were born into this physical world and our parents, our caretakers, from the time we were able to understand things and probably before, they were teaching us, they were socializing us how to navigate this space profitably. They don't just like Lord of the Flies throw us into the world and let us kind of figure it out.

We're the experiment. But if you think about it, it's a new environment. We were born into this physical world and our parents, our caretakers, from the time we were able to understand things and probably before, they were teaching us, they were socializing us how to navigate this space profitably. They don't just like Lord of the Flies throw us into the world and let us kind of figure it out.

We're the experiment. But if you think about it, it's a new environment. We were born into this physical world and our parents, our caretakers, from the time we were able to understand things and probably before, they were teaching us, they were socializing us how to navigate this space profitably. They don't just like Lord of the Flies throw us into the world and let us kind of figure it out.

Outcomes wouldn't be likely as good as they are for us if we didn't have the kind of instruction that we receive. And we're only now developing that knowledge base to understand, hey, here are the healthy versus harmful versus benign ways of of navigating social media. And I'm talking about social media now, like it's this unitary environment.

Outcomes wouldn't be likely as good as they are for us if we didn't have the kind of instruction that we receive. And we're only now developing that knowledge base to understand, hey, here are the healthy versus harmful versus benign ways of of navigating social media. And I'm talking about social media now, like it's this unitary environment.

Outcomes wouldn't be likely as good as they are for us if we didn't have the kind of instruction that we receive. And we're only now developing that knowledge base to understand, hey, here are the healthy versus harmful versus benign ways of of navigating social media. And I'm talking about social media now, like it's this unitary environment.

Different social media applications, of course, have their own norms and rules of the games. You could think of them as like little different countries. They have their own little microcultures that you wanna learn how to navigate. And scientists are really busy trying to understand how they function, but it's tricky. And it's tricky because creators

Different social media applications, of course, have their own norms and rules of the games. You could think of them as like little different countries. They have their own little microcultures that you wanna learn how to navigate. And scientists are really busy trying to understand how they function, but it's tricky. And it's tricky because creators

Different social media applications, of course, have their own norms and rules of the games. You could think of them as like little different countries. They have their own little microcultures that you wanna learn how to navigate. And scientists are really busy trying to understand how they function, but it's tricky. And it's tricky because creators

can change how these applications govern by a press of a button, right? You could change the way the algorithm works and then you've got to start over to some extent.

can change how these applications govern by a press of a button, right? You could change the way the algorithm works and then you've got to start over to some extent.

can change how these applications govern by a press of a button, right? You could change the way the algorithm works and then you've got to start over to some extent.

It's a shifter, but this is a perfect segue back to, you know, you asked me about the tools that you recommend for fighting chatter and I'm telling you about the ones I use. So there's a second tool that I will use automatically when I detect the chatter brewing and I call it my 2 a.m. chatter strategy. And I call it my 2 a.m.

It's a shifter, but this is a perfect segue back to, you know, you asked me about the tools that you recommend for fighting chatter and I'm telling you about the ones I use. So there's a second tool that I will use automatically when I detect the chatter brewing and I call it my 2 a.m. chatter strategy. And I call it my 2 a.m.

It's a shifter, but this is a perfect segue back to, you know, you asked me about the tools that you recommend for fighting chatter and I'm telling you about the ones I use. So there's a second tool that I will use automatically when I detect the chatter brewing and I call it my 2 a.m. chatter strategy. And I call it my 2 a.m.