Steven Bartlett with Johann Hari
You are actively rewiring your brain for the worse every time you scroll through short-form videos. Tech executives know this, which is why they ban their own children from using the highly addictive platforms they created.
The infinite scroll of short-form video acts like a digital slot machine, constantly triggering your stress response and diminishing your ability to focus.
Immersing yourself in constant digital stimulation causes "popcorn brain" and "brain rot", actively impairing the efficiency of your prefrontal cortex.
AI chatbots pose a terrifying new threat by hacking our biological attachment systems and isolating people into an echo chamber of one.