Jonathan Haidt

But then suddenly you're scrolling and before you know it, it's 2 a.m.

And you're saying, my God, what happened?

Why am I still awake?

What was I doing all this time?

What happens is that you essentially give yourself some me time at night.

And so you procrastinate bedtime.

And so what happens is with this revenge bedtime procrastination, it affects your sleep.

And then when you don't have good sleep, good quality sleep, so you have difficulty falling asleep,

staying asleep.

Sleep, debt over time for kids, for adults, has all sorts of ramifications.

So this is just the tip of the iceberg, this short-form video content.

And the ripple effects go far and wide.

Not only is it rewiring your brain, it's rewiring your body.

It is affecting your sleep, which increases your risk of heart disease later in life.

And

When you're consuming graphic videos and graphic images, it can increase your personal risk of PTSD through vicarious trauma, even if you weren't there.

So this is just a vast network of things that can happen to you simply because you're thinking, yeah, it's harmless.

What is it?

It's just a bunch of videos that I'm checking out.

It's a way for me to decompress.