How Smartphones Change The Way You Think | Jeff Butler | TEDxHilliard

[@marcuscross8051]

My solution has 3 parts: 1) No social media apps on my phone. 2) All notifications disabled. 3) Phone permanently set to "Do Not Disturb". It's great! I get all the convenience that a smartphone can bring, without any of the distractions.

[@powerseostrategy]

I work from home as an internet marketer and web designer. I have 7 computer screens in front of me for 7 hours a day. When I go out, I am totally unplugged. As a matter of fact, I am proud to say "I don't have a mobile phone" and I get to enjoy "LIFE". I'm not "Trapped by an APP".

[@CharlesRiversjr]

I got rid of my smartphone today...

[@jonathanjohnson7240]

That's awesome but according to George Bush licker Jr 3 jobs is "uniquely-amerikan". Invisible bars but still a prison

[@justinb7940]

I also have 7 monitors as a programmer. But I have a flip phone that I carry for emergencies. A lot of times I keep it turned off.

[@emward6858]

I don't have a television or a computer or laptop, so i use a smartphone to watch things on, but it's very easy to just sit staring at it and getting nothing else done. It's scary how the hours can go by while using your phone for anything and everything.

[@FielValeryRTS]

In 2015 I didn't have smartphone and I was quite content with it. Unfortunately my work friends insisted, since I didn't get their Messages through the group chat in WhatsApp. I knew it was a bad idea, but social pressure existed. Never should have.

[@blinderII]

The very things he says that are causing us to become addicted to cell phones, are the reasons why i don't have or use one. About 5yrs ago, i got one (even at that time, i was sure i was the last person on the planet to get one), but after about 3 months, i had it deactivated, put it in a drawer, and it's been sitting there ever since. I simply couldn't stand the notifications, and getting texts nearly drove me insane. I made sure that anyone who had my number DID NOT give it to anyone else to avoid getting even more. Maybe my body doesn't have dopamine, but having a cell phone just wasn't for me. I lived 53 years without one, and i'm quite sure i'll get through the rest of my days without one. Thanks for the great talk.

[@adnan.q.753]

I found it impossible to rid myself of my cell phone addiction. So, instead of using cell phone as an 'entertainment' and a device to distract me from doing from my work, I started to use it to study and work - as a tool that increases my productivity.

[@gerrydean7696]

@Zeno 6282 PHONE BAD!!!

[@saswatamaitra2765]

Ameen!🌙

[@andrewr7982]

I had smart phone addiction. I then "upgraded" to a flip phone with no internet. Its way cheaper ($25 a month) and well I'm not as distracted anymore.

[@toldoth1702]

I'll be joining you shorty comrade

[@slopochillcod-mobile662]

Yeah I have bought a basic Nokia and it helped a lot.

[@toldoth1702]

@@slopochillcod-mobile662 Which one?

[@zwanorama]

25 dollar a month for a flip phone??? Here it is about 10 euros...max.

[@toldoth1702]

@@zwanorama It's probably because of the larger land area of the US, they have to build more towers.

[@brettwerner7128]

I’m ashamed of how dependent I’ve become with the iPhone. I use to try to get my family to not use it so much and stopped social media altogether. Haven’t been on Facebook in over a year. But more and more I’m on my phone. With music and videos on KZbin and I’ve noticed how dependent I was when my phone screen broke and the stores were closed and I had to go only a day and a half with out internet or phone at all and I saw how dependent I was. I went to bed and woke up and went to get a new phone. The motivation I had was as if I was on drugs. I have to do something else ASAP

[@SurrealSurreal]

This was honestly one of the greatest talks Ive ever heard - especially because he spoke about our attention spans. I'm mad its only got 94,809 views - nobody wants to hear the truth lol its too difficult to face reality as it is

[@nandakishore671]

Here is your views addiction 😂🤙

[@drain4314]

Ok boomer

[@drain4314]

By they way this is bad content

[@chrisleigh485]

I enjoyed the speech and learned from it, but I was very distracted by the choreography.

[@iamjeffbutler]

Thank you for the kind words! Seems like Netflix's 'Social Dilemma' got pretty popular so hopefully more people are open to the message.

[@contrafax]

This is one of the reasons I got rid of most of my social media accounts. This is really the only one I have left and it is not on my phone.

[@contrafax]

:) Separated at birth!

[@utkarshsharma3022]

Wow. I could never do that lol. It's too difficult for me

[@contrafax]

@@utkarshsharma3022 And I am back on them. starting to remember why I quit though. UGh.

[@JeronimoSilvas]

Don’t run away from it. Face it and control the urge.

[@mrofftopic2802]

He is such a hunk. He is all about that bass...woof I've got nothing else to add, thank you.

[@zyrodotec7888]

This video changed my vision of all of this. I'll change my behavior

[@drain4314]

Ok boomer

[@spiritualboy6753]

Plz change your wallpaper first plz 🙏🏼

[@fwsb-h5388]

Right 2 Disconnect - Absolutely.

[@AndrewWilliams-zc1hf]

Mobile phones can be useful if not used all the time. People are being controlled by others & friends by being in contact too much by text or phone asking where they are & what are they are doing. There are too many control freaks about. Everyone needs chill out space. People are not looking where they are going in the streets because they're looking at their phones.

[@aleksey6151]

Who else is watching on their smartphone?

[@meloncheri4076]

nah

[@thedrifter3938]

@@meloncheri4076 I’m watching on my computer

[@jroaf2k]

Not the point

[@duannehaughton4893]

Me

[@maineindividual5202]

It was a week ago i tossed my smart phone. Have a flip with 350 minutes a month FREE actually doesn't cost me a thing. I'm ten times more focused and in the moment now then i was since i had a smart phone starting 2009. Love it!

[@maineindividual5202]

@@JakeGutteridge I sure am

[@genjaxx1463]

I don't have a smartphone.I do notice people can't freaking hold a conversation with you without f'ing with their smartphone checking social media every other minute.Welcome to digital crack people.

[@markbroad119]

I get hooked into watching Ted talks on my android

[@rameshransing9827]

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

[@TeriLaFaye]

I've never had a smart phone. I thought about getting one, but talked myself out of it. Good for me.

[@intrakitproductions]

You must feel so proud

[@patrickcarson290]

i just destroyed my smart phone with an axe :)

[@erick-gd7wo]

constant notifications from facebook & instagram are driving me crazy, so i turn them off. i receive notifs whenever i log in... that's relieving. so many good points here. 👍

[@nileshgadhve8307]

Watching this on smartphone itself is a paradox

[@fabianralph6442]

Watching this on my tablet

[@오현식-k7v]

Although the advantages of smart phones are numerous, it is important to recognize that they have many disadvantages and have a significant impact on many modern diseases and brain structure changes.

[@drain4314]

OK BOOMER

[@madrexertheboredtm7728]

It's true though

[@andrewbolay1517]

I witnessed this with a former friend . He changed soon after he started using it . I thought it was my imagination.

[@PreppyKiddo77]

Thanks!!! This video is waking me up! Everyone should see this!

[@Pyromanicat]

@@cdfactory they arent a boomer, they just spend their time on better stuff

[@natalie755]

Ive been talking about this for years. People not paying attention in the grosery stores and even without thier smart phones, there has been a dramtic shift in connection. Im a HSP which means i pick up on the behaviors of others.. The disconnect meaning how much more often I could hear from my babies and face to face then i do now and they live hours or days away., I cut down on my notifications, hence is the reason why there is a dnd setting in the new smart phones today. Im very mindful of the world around me and not to contrdict myself here but to put out the word that i really miss my childen in the way he talks about. .

[@TheMOV13]

Tip number 4, use a calls and text only phone.

[@joetowers4804]

8 seconds? He's right! Do you know how I know? I googled it on my phone!

[@Saiyajin47621]

North Korea have 0 phone addiction!

[@hoolerboris]

Wrong

[@SlothGuru]

@@hoolerboris Wrong

[@spoodermandoeswhataspooder780]

@@SlothGuru wrong

[@JoeyLevenson]

I decided to learn about smartphone addiction. So I clicked on this video and… I’m a high school teacher in South Korea. I can confirm what he said. This is really bad. The government has now allowed the kids to keep their phones with them at all times. Unlike the US, where the phones should be off and out of sight, here, no such rule. Kids don’t pay attention to the teachers anymore. I’m gob smacked every day how this can happen, but it’s their right to have it, apparently. We can’t help them anymore. They touch them all the time. They flip on Instagram or KZbin whenever. They’re selling out their futures for the dopamine hits. I tell them to put their phone in their pockets and maybe half of them do. The other half have AirPods hidden under their hair. What can I do? If it’s their right. I wish the government would reverse this, but that won’t happen. So here we are. I’m also of the camp that kids should absolutely not have social media until their 18th birthday, especially in collectivist societies, the effects are ridiculously devastating. However for me, I keep my phone out of my class now and use it less than before. So that’s good for me, but my heart hurts for these kids…

[@mark9349]

Thanks you for this reply. I hope it has now changed a few years on… no. I just saw this comment posted 5 months ago sorry 😊

[@UserUser-yh6lq]

Very good talk I m a retailer and sell smartphone and tablet kids as young 8 years old getting reworded with gifts smartphones by their parent very sad but many people don't understand the danger involved

[@drain4314]

Ok boomer

[@wonderland9927]

can someone tell me what to look up or put the link for the news report of the mother loosing her son while using her phone? I am doing a debate on the negative impacts of cell phones. Please and thank you.

[@si6195]

I struggled with my smart phone addiction

[@rob162100]

I've been in London for 3 years and still need google maps in the city! Helpful but my god I need to eventually learn routes!

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

I have an old 2007 Tracfone , No Camera or Texting , I use this only as a Phone . I have Modern Phones some quite expensive I never buy a Sim for these or use them much . I do the Internet on a 2011 core i5 Laptop and when I leave on a bike , on foot or in an older car I am not visible to be tracked by Apple or Google . I Hate Smart Phones .

[@oddsnends3090]

I’m very impressed by this, but I have an honest question for you. What will you do when 3g is completely obsolete and you need to get a phone with 4g technology? I didn’t have a smartphone until my phone company told me I could no longer use my old QWERTY keyboard phone.

[@imlamp888]

Yes I do agree that smartphones are 100% addicting.. but the first story about the woman & her son presents smart phones as these terrible things that murder people due to lack of attention.. & even though it’s a true story, if the object was changed to something like a book, the same events would occur. I think instead of creating a fear for people, educating them on WHY they’re addicting (which this video did), would present just as much power to the statement. No hate on the Ted Talk, just trying to get my opinions out there.

[@RolandKoller90]

Great point. I have always thought this. If phones weren’t a thing, it would be replaced with a book, a portable game unit, etc. It is a tough conversation about having control.

[@MagellanRose]

I love my technology, however, I quite often miss phone calls when I'm at work, because I dont answer the phone while im at work.

[@Binary_Deviant]

I put my phone on silent at night. I have most of my notifications turned off. I'd rather look when I have time. I use my phone for music, calls, calendar, maybe calculator and games. When the app is needed. I mostly use my phone when I am alone in the bathroom, or when I'm smoking. I try to reduce the usage though. For psychological reasons and EMF

[@juceeyj]

Cellphones .... CELL (locked into and trapped )phone

[@DecayVibes]

Cell phone addiction is bad and all but by using a comparison among alcoholics in America and the survey taken in South Korea about child cell phone addicts, it does not make sense with such a high population difference.

[@army7crazyformyself677]

DAEBAK 💜 I appreciates your way of talking and how you conveyed us.👍 perfect for my project.....Thank You😁

[@kishorkumar7652]

I love his personality....🥰😘

[@glenn6874]

Smartphone Zombies is a better term.

[@Tsnore]

"Screen-zombie" is the verbiage.

[@Tsnore]

Societies are now infested with screen-zombies; they are a near majority on the streets of Tokyo in 2019.

[@drain4314]

Ok boomer

[@VegitoBlackk]

Ok BoOmEr

[@jessicaholting2362]

Loneliness. In the company of others I don’t check my phone as much.

[@mattmatt7072]

i have not owned a phone in 2 years! i don't think i'll ever get another one!

[@mryup6100]

Well I mean I at least get one for calling family.

[@studyaccount239]

I came here to learn how to perform and talk in public, and this guy is master of hand gestures oof

[@livviejordan4490]

okay this is kinda off topic but do y'all ever realize how many people in the crowd cough during the talks?😂

[@lydiamusima5257]

So sad the woman's son lost his life. The smartphone is too distracting. I work with a laptop and I've decided to keep my iphone in my bag. I refuse to be scrolling unnecessarily. I'm working towards reducing screen time, getting better mental focus, no longer viewing whatsapp or walking around with my phone after work, reading hard books, switching it off after 11pm

[@neveragain733]

My ex spent so much time on her phone I had her choose between it or me. She chose the phone. The phone was like a 3rd person in our relationship. I'm sure she was addicted to the dating apps to. I now see some of these apps can be expensive. Might explain where quite a bit of money was going.

[@kevindavis4709]

Most people don't realize that. KZbin the same way the more subscribers notifications from likes comments you have determines yourself worth that is wrong. You're self value is not based on social media likes and comments subscribers. I got too the point in life why should I give people who don't care to contact me on a regular day-to-day basis permission too look at my photos? And why places your self value in the hands of people you most more likely will never meet? It is such a shame that most of your living rooms people spend more time on their phones than the ones that live with them.

[@djthproductions]

Before smartphone's: Boring meetings = lots of drawings.

[@ThousandMask]

Smartphones are part of us now. The day the information will be go through instantly instead of brain>finger>phone, we will say "we are machines". We already are 😏

[@MahalaHarshal-fs1ni]

Nice video

[@DannEwithAdotE]

His physicality is so unnatural. You can tell he practiced this a lot.

[@daemoniumvenator4155]

Microwave technology is not a technology you want to play with...

[@drain4314]

Ok boomer

[@RonPetersoned]

It's very dark...adjust the lighting

[@laurieberry162]

People want money. So does this man who talks about addiction.

[@looopaa9783]

He’s so cute tf

[@mrtungsten1248]

Get off your phone now

[@drain4314]

No shut up you boomer

[@greentree2526]

@@drain4314 you don't have to be rude tho

[@javiersaenz1055]

Im still using my smartphone

[@kareemdavis1500]

You have some people that live in destituted. They don't have a pc, lab top, and a smartphone is the only internet connection they have!

[@lynnwalker3503]

People really don't need internet connection at the house at all. I went without internet service for about 6 months one time. I just went to my library and used their computers to check my email. We didn't ALWAYS have internet, you know, and we did just fine.

[@akashb8792]

I love it

[@BeverlyM52]

(It's a figurative leash.)

[@rh.645]

I've only had my smart phone since 2016 and witnessed it was causing people getting divorced guys I knew got fired because something they texted the boss and was taking out of context I've seen people who's totally changed their personalities I've heard of people getting scammed of money and some older people of their life savings I've heard of people getting killed and some people even taking their own lives all because of cell phones I believe it's only a matter of time till people finally put their phones away and start living life again this cell phone age is going to go away just as disco did in the music industry It is good to have a phone with you but only because pay phones are not around anymore just my opinion

[@naungthaw]

2:53 “surgery concluded that one out of … every South Korean child” He missed out 1 out of how many. I think. Can someone help me on that please?

[@premier69]

no jeff, there is a difference between a figurative leash and literally being on a leash

[@geo6616]

I'm here because my mom thinks weed is effecting my life. But in reality my mom is addicted to her smartphone scrolling the Facebook home page non-stop in her free time.. I can't even make a simple question. Whenever I'm talking to her, she doesn't even respond me back because she is looking her phone.

[@paulwalters461]

You're both addicted to something ;) Be careful with weed. I know many who have lost most of their cherished memories for life.

[@abhimathnilimasnehil]

He's got big arms!!

[@epion33]

I'd say this info is a bit outdated, and I feel like he tries to speak for more people than actually relate. He didn't even provide any resolution at the end, idk felt kind of preachy and more like a highschool PowerPoint that was researched for a couple days. The shock -value intro didn't balance with the rest of the speech, and he wasn't even that funny. Yes, I know I'm being very critical, I just feel like it was a shallow presentation that could have gone deeper.

[@ramonaking6765]

Cameron Alvarado Digital Nation was a real video. South Korea was the first nation to state that their was an addiction to digital media. The brain stats are real. Maybe you should gain some knowledge, perform some self research.

[@jonothan9073]

funny that im using social media to watch this...

[@I_am-satisfied.]

Nailed it🌿❤️🌹🥰💐🌺🕊🐅🦅

[@channingbartlett8139]

The man is talking about the horrors of short attention span while under the gun of the TED high pressure, short span format (maximally rehearsed for people in a hurry). Very creepy

[@jonathanjohnson7240]

Channing Bartlett How sad to criticize while you wet the bench never to play in glory on the "field of life". Get a mirror and look in it. Couldn't hurt you that I'm certain

[@spongebobfan9997]

"phone bad"

[@martillodelajusticia7211]

he doesn't say that, he just clarify how could go wrong with it. And at the end he gave some tips to don't be so focus on your phone, when you already decide you don't want to

[@notmyday7695]

Yea i know its 2 am and i should go to sleep, shut up ty.

[@duannehaughton4893]

8 second attention span? That sounds so bad.

[@bavwill]

Negligent mothers....anyway, SMARTPHONES!! That's what's really goin on.

[@TheNoblot]

smart phone 📲🙄😨🔨that Is sufficiently smart to control your mind 😁

[@Octocat77]

Is this video actually true? Or is he just providing false information and we don’t know it?

[@thanafenboy9120]

7 B 😁😁😁

[@brazenserpent7]

"Gooder heights."?????? Really? Better heights

[@oddsnends3090]

He said “Greater heights”, not “Gooder”😳 maybe you should get your ears checked.

[@aliciajones430]

lmao idc im going to keep going on my phone

[@nanope773]

You can never get rid of fb! You can only deactivate since businesses think they own you and in a lot of ways do! 🤔😂😂😂 to late

[@anumpeshiaduddell9776]

running porogram on you.

[@maxabeles]

good message but delivery is like comedy

[@fwsb-h5388]

Max Email And yr problem is? Try Bill Hicks etc

[@ForzaXNapoliXkvaradona]

Bi fen bilimleri selam verebilirmi

[@ForzaXNapoliXkvaradona]

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[@nanope773]

It's a safer drug since everyone's using it! Like the opiate epidemic! 😂

[@tostx4540]

Fbo

[@nanope773]

Who thinks nowadays!? Lol what does Google say?

[@NorowaretaShojo]

Man I really thought this was held in China until I saw the "ohio" Thanks editor.

[@oniricalzubieta]

sensationalist

[@waltermessines5181]

Take all that stuff out of your front pockets before going on stage... You're not on a building site.

[@ДабОчиров]

like

[@drain4314]

OK BOOMER

[@martillodelajusticia7211]

I will give you an example, moderate consumption of alcohol isn't a problem, also there are so many people that use alcohol to be less anxious when they socialize. Should we unban alcohol for teens even though is very risky for their development because with control it reduce the risk? Or think of better ways to help the socialize wihout having to deal with something risky (and in case of phones amd how dopamines work, addicitive) Why not avoiding something risky when we can have better solution like phones without internet and games to communicate. Fun fact alcohol was once legal for kids.

[@misterfinger884]

ok boomer

[@starvingartistvideos]

why is he so animated and text book boring and ...on tedx

[@ImInYourWalls67]

Ok boomer

[@luismiguelmartinezsanchez4069]

tengo un chicle boomer que me acabo de comer quieres uno

[@naman245]

I am saving money to buy xiomi next year..i will have 2 smartphones😂..will even get moto's screen fixed..3 smartphones😂

[@naman245]

Mark Yates I did save money but ended up spending in Jan on something else..lol

[@solnocturna267]

ok boomer