Jonathan Haidt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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All of that changes when you engage in that infinite scroll.
And to add to that, you know, from the medical perspective, you're shortening this attention span.
And what happens over time is so, like Jonathan said, right, you're not sleeping as well because you are engaged with your device.
We know that 80% of people are checking their phones within minutes of waking up.
We have something called revenge bedtime procrastination, this concept of, you know, at the end of the day, you're fatigued, you've had a long day, you've had no me time, and you want to get to bed early.
We all know, by the way, what the data is, that
We've been taught since we were little kids, right?
Bedtime, sleep is important.
It's good for your body.
It's good for your brain.
And we might have all the knowledge in the world, but in terms of action, there's a wide gap between knowledge and information and action.
And so revenge, bedtime, procrastination is kind of an offshoot.
So what happens?
So you have that –
decreased attention.
You have that irritability, hypervigilance.
And so at night, at the end of the day, it's 9 p.m.
You finally, you know, if you're a parent, your kids are asleep, your kitchen is clean.
Maybe you finish your entrepreneurial day and you finally sit down with Melanie on the couch and you're like, ah, some me time.
and you know you want to get to bed early and you know it's good for you.