The Smartphone Crisis is Worse Than We Think

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[@thedavidboland]

Share this with a pal who you’d like to stop having “maybe” dates with xx

[@DavidBoland]

I’d share it with you if I could… 😢

[@Ostipherous]

This video was so engaging. The presenter's authenticity came right through. Really refreshing.

[@UncleChud]

Satan makes you pay to carry his tracking device 666

[@MR-rj2qw]

Social media is to the mind what fast food is to the body

[@bruced2346]

A little goes a long long way.

[@JoeOutdoors]

Junk.

[@s4nder86]

Nutricious and energizing?

[@perfectsoulmates2023]

@@s4nder86 lol Exactly. Everything in moderation. Always in control. No reason to cut everything out cold turkey. Not everyone lives an out of control lifestyle. Unfortunately, it appears that far too many do.

[@AubreyThompson-zm3vq]

Ive lost so many friends over the years that were once sincere and meaningful. Slowly they transformed from active members of my life down into artificial clicks and interractions between avatars. No matter how much I reached and pulled, I could no longer get conversations and in person meetings from anyone, but they are always all eager to like, comment & send someone elses curated content. Couldn’t take it anymore and deleted and cut everything and everyone off. Done waiting around for people who are lost in the sauce.

[@pepermunt13]

The same here for more than 5 years now

[@thedavidboland]

I feel ya

[@Iron-Bridge]

I relate to this. Almost to a T. Even when the whole pandemic scare happened that forced most of us indoors.

[@AnotherMotorist]

deejay alice - do you think you're better off alone. Why yes, well mostly at leastlol

[@crackbaby4444]

Lost in the sauce, I like that

[@kitatit]

My wife and I don’t use social media (Ok, KZbin comments). We are practically dead. Everyone still has our phone numbers, but essentially we died several years ago.

[@eichkater6928]

hello stranger, I dont use smartphone but flip phone again since ~2,5 years now aside from taking photos quitted social media 5 years ago and I am "dead" since then. Last invitation to restaurant or other stuff, social hang out, serious dating was 5 years ago. I have old friends ~50+ yo calling me up and going for coffee and the like, and I am in my 30´s. With young people I can not connect anymore

[@ooievaar6756]

​@@eichkater6928 recognize it (male 57) younger people wont return calls after or even during texting. I even quitted WhatsApp. I didnt see 90% of them anyway. I want to experience, share fun, grief, misery and love, and not just "maybe" higlights

[@DaiBataieFrate]

same here. if I dont call noone calls.

[@MichaelMerri-ip4em]

I quit Facebook 4 years ago because I was tired of friends that were less than superficial. Only one person asked where I went. There is nothing in social media I want.

[@milicaradakovic8098]

I never had a smartphone and I feel like I am still living the life that many people don't know exists. I have one friend and it's enough.

[@kashourikatsu2543]

Been clean from SM for about a year. Only youtube mainly for music and education like this video. Been happy ever since

[@perfectsoulmates2023]

Been using social media since 2006. For education, my own business, and entertainment. Always been happy because I never became addicted to it. I can see why most people are though. But still, to each their own. Its all about self control.

[@JeremyPezzeca]

The less you care about any of this, the happier you will be. Living a life of simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

[@thedavidboland]

ahh yes

[@frankgradus9474]

it's true these days

[@flovv4580]

“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.” ― Rabindranath Tagore

[@AG-iu9lv]

Great way to describe it!

[@owenlai1]

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo Da Vinci

[@TyroneLT]

This is why I intentionally put my phone in another room at night before bed so it isn’t there waiting for me in the morning. Freeing me to journal, pray, exercise and start the day right.

[@s.muller8688]

the place of your phone has no meaning, it's the attitude you have towards being controlled by a device.

[@TyroneLT]

@@s.muller8688 your attitude will determine where you place your phone. If you have no need for it, then you won't have it next to you. You also ignore the extreme work online platforms have done to make smartphone use addictive. There are proven studies that show just the appearance of a smartphone near a user can cause distraction. In light of that, the right attitude will result in a person controlling their environment which includes smartphones.

[@TyroneLT]

​​@@s.muller8688attitude in part will determine where the phone is placed. This ignores the extreme work down over a decade by tech platforms to make smartphone use addictive. A person with a poor relationship with their phone will have no control over their environment. If they don't need their phone, the phone won't be close by them. Attitude is a part of the solution but isn't enough if it doesn't translate to intentional changes in the person's environment.

[@greener3922]

It can help ​@@s.muller8688

[@ConsciousEvolution13]

I love this. Will definitely put my phone in another room at night

[@TheBigdog868]

I once had a lively social media presence. A few thousand friends, even. When I deactivated, only 2 people reached out and one was a family member. 😂 I find if you don't advertise yourself on social media, everyone forgets you exist. How weird is that?

[@Toyota4Life]

Yup, I personally took one month off of social media and only two people reached out… Tells me everything I need to know. It’s all a imagination

[@thedavidboland]

it's really interesting... sometimes, I bump into people who I don't even know in real life and then we have a lovely connection without social media altogether. In fact, one of my dear friends, I don't even have his phone number. We just bumped into each other every other week.

[@billybigbollox]

It’s wonderful…. As is the peace

[@taylorsessions4143]

I keep my Facebook so that I can reach out to people that enter my mind. I couldn't fathom why they wouldn't respond, until it dawned on me that they don't use the app for the same reasons. This is reinforced by how many people reach out to contact me (I can't think of anyone reaching out with the exception of my birthday, which even then is a generic well wish).

[@bw-dn1wp]

And that's the best because then you don't have the negative energy of people coming at you on a daily basis.

[@SharperPenImageConsulting]

No. Most social media is dead space. People fighting through the nothingness for attention. Even this “feels like a commercial I’ve seen before.”

[@rhalegi99]

same

[@perfectsoulmates2023]

"Social media and technology are not the problem. Ignorant people will always be the problem, whether technology exists or not." (Benjamin Ramos - Life / Relationship Coach)

[@TomTom-bh2wf]

​@perfectsoulmates2023 Wrong! Social media is absolutely the problem. It's designed to be addictive and cause dopamine responses. It's toxic.

[@Danstheman1357]

ordered a flippy phone, been talking about getting rid of the smart phone for a while. i have 2 small kids and it breaks my heart when i realize im paying attention to my phone over my kids. worse yet i can just see it being flipped on me when they grow up. i dont want to be a hypocrite

[@grahamkelly8662]

I wish I could do a flip phone but the sad truth is, I have no life and the internet keeps me sane. If I didn’t have it, I’d be bored as hell but even if I did have a life, I think I’d still be addicted to my phone. Just like everyone else. It’s only videos like this that made me realise I have phone addiction.

[@MiroBG359]

easy, don't buy them smartphones. Steve Jobs did not allow his kids iPads and iPhones

[@edie4321]

My son got his first smartphone for his 18th birthday, and I watched as it sucked him in. I didn't know what was happening. He's never been the same. It has led to other addictions. I pray for the day these things go away. I hope they do before the point of no return.

[@therationalistparty9742]

I cant tell you how guilty I feel for enjoying a simple life. I feel lazy for sitting on my deck watching the hummongbirds for a few hours.

[@AG-iu9lv]

That sounds delightful

[@Althea1111]

I connect with nature every day. I walk in the woods and the countryside for at least 2 hours every day. The other day for about a half hour I watched a dragonfly continually whiz around in a circle over a small creek hunting for bugs to eat in the water… it was very meditative. Don’t feel guilty, we need this type of life for our wellbeing.

[@bw-dn1wp]

I deleted all of my social media and I have never felt happier. I think about this often. I always thing of a quote I saw during covid. "How happy is the fool by the waterfall with no cellphone, not worrying about all the worlds problems."

[@MrJolly-lb9je]

No FB IG Twit etc. not even 'smarthphone' , but no friends either just me . Growing up during 80's-90's was awesome !! Excellent video aka message ;)

[@thedavidboland]

Awesome 😎 ps. my geography teacher was called Mr Jolly

[@MrJolly-lb9je]

@@thedavidboland I hope he was reflection of his name :) .. Oh btw is that actully real name/surname in IR or more like nickname ?

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

0:04 - No, that's why I have a zero tolerance policy for ads, and I block ads, sponsors, cookies, and tracking to the maximum extent possible.

[@Ekam-Sat]

We are all in a trance. Perhaps they engineered it that way so they could monetize us.

[@charlie5thumbs351]

Perhaps? No, it's definitely the case. You should watch The Social Dilemma, a great documentary on this topic.

[@Ekam-Sat]

@@charlie5thumbs351 Thank you for the tip. Will do.

[@marcusrosales3344]

KZbin is the closest thing I have to social media. I'm autistic and have no desire for more, idk

[@deadreckoning6288]

It's worse. The globalists nwo want to monetize the entire world and everything in it. Nature, trees, animals, everything, will have a price tag if they get their way.

[@johnfloyd4166]

Spot on mate 😊

[@Dav-S5658]

These days I never plan anything with anyone. Any "plan" you make just goes into a bin of possibility for the other person, that can be changed at a whim. These days, if I'd like to meet up with someone, I tell them where I am going and when, and I invite them to join me. Then I forget about it. I make my plans and carry them through alone. If that person shows up, then I switch gears and enjoy that. I never have to wait for an answer, or deal with multiple redirects, or any of that. II don't end up having my invitation to them switched around to where they are inviting me! t also tells you pretty quickly where you fall within their priorities, say 1 through 10. It's probably not where you think. People always make time for the things most important to them. Always. I miss the 60s and 70s.

[@MisterGames]

My phone lives on top of the fridge in silent mode. At work it is on silent mode in my pocket. I check my phone 3 times a day... When i grab it off the fridge to put in my pocket to go to work, when i take it out of my pocket after work to put it on the fridge, last thing before i hop into bed, mainly to see if my almost 90 year old mother has left a message. As it lives on silent no one can ever get me. So, leave a message or send a text and i will see it eventually. It is so So SO good not being chained to the phone.

[@F4LL_4_NON3]

I miss the 80s and 90s...❤

[@z352kdaf8324]

Where you were watching mtv all day long. Same fungus, different input

[@miriades]

@@z352kdaf8324we weren’t all like that. I hated MTV and the likes and I was always outside in the woods looking for animals I discovered in books. It was great. I miss those days.

[@jansix4287]

@@z352kdaf8324 Nonsense! We met after school and we would go directly to the house of our friend, because you couldn’t phone them all the time. And when we played video games together all the computers had to be in the same room, because the LAN cable wasn’t any longer.

[@proto_arkbit3100]

I wish I got to experience those times :(

[@CreationOfTheEternal]

Getting rid of my smart phone in two weeks, already off social media, I can't handle the fakeness of this "connectivity". Nokia 6300, reading, drawing, walking outside and removing myself from the internet, and also youtube. The dopamine feedback loop can be put back to normal, just unplugged and be free from the unnatural influences.

[@egbold]

I hate social media, almost never use it, couldn't care less. KZbin is my main source of media consumption and it is 99% informational and/or educational. And since I'm here, this video must fit into on of those categories.

[@tammyturowski6703]

Same

[@egbold]

@Arthur_3T yes, you have to practice discipline. Watch only what you were looking for and don't start the Scroll of Doom.

[@brandonsampson-qr9cq]

​@Arthur_3Tyeah, i have a serious issue for trying to absorb as much imformation and to hunt for the truth of our world. i have come to realize i am addicted to that just like someone with corn or other addictions. its almost impossible to escape needing these phones when the gov has all but made them mandatory to function at all in society

[@Alpha-Omega-rn1ih]

KZbin is very addictive and damaging to your brain.

[@jwoodfin1]

Telling the curse of social media through the blessing of social media

[@tMena45888]

Short answer people are to worried about what others think of them

[@mvito39]

it's not that big a deal. people in my circle are circling back to using basic nokia phones. Social media, was ultimately a mistake and community centers need to make a comeback...

[@ShikokuFoodForest]

Haha... good one! I’m likely much older than you. I grew up without a computer, smart phone or any social media. I’m over 60 now an still don’t have a smart phone and have no desire for one other than for starting a YT Channel, but do I really want to start a YT Channel? Will it enrich my life or help me connect with people? We never meet anyone in person making comments on YT. In many ways, it just isolates us more.

[@neutralobservation9418]

I go for walks. I look at trees. I pick through the trash and find neat things. I like sun, fresh air, and myself. Phones are only trouble.

[@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist]

❤ 🙌

[@michaelfasher]

I got banned off Twitter and deleted my Facebook account. Ended up writing a book instead.

[@sole__doubt]

I quit twitter last year, it was my NY resolution and never had a Fb account. I use IG to upload my art but I dont use it to look at others content.

[@Re_V]

maybe don't be racist so you wont get banned

[@aljahidlaskar7513]

I love to know that which Book change your perspective on life and Please share your book on KZbin 😊🇮🇳

[@ElDragoIE]

A lifetime ban on Twitter was a blessing in disguise for me

[@helens8334]

I use my smartphone only for the alarm clock and calendar reminders. There are no friends or even acquaintances to call me. I have never used social media (except from you tube) and I hate it when someone don't want to keep contact with me when I say that I don't have facebook. Last days I have noticed that I crave for human interaction and the only way to meet this need is by leaving comments on You Tube. It's too hard to find real connection in this world. It is so sad.

[@bobpage6597]

Its no surprise that when you look at the statistics, all the issues with teen depression and feelings of inadequacy etc all started around 2010 - 3 years after the iPhone touched down and started to become more affordable for the masses, particularly younger people. How much focus etc has been destroyed among people because of smartphones. I look around now and there's too many people glued to them, not looking around or where they are going. Myself I am looking at going back to an older 'new' model dumbphone. A smartphone is a distraction nightmare for productivity too!

[@user-yi1fn8uu1g]

Very, very few people actually exist. Those who have a tangible self.

[@VoiceOvaGuy]

5 years without social media now. One of the best decisions of my life. Only better one was creating a relationship with God.

[@ibrahimalharbi3358]

I hope you don't praying to a dead man. I hope you the best Abraham

[@Omar-gr7km]

@@ibrahimalharbi3358be kind and gentle in your words brother

[@danceswithcoyotes8273]

"A Calendar Full of Maybes". I operate a farrier business, and everything on the calendar says "Tentative-text". Can we just schedule something and then stick to the schedule? Then I have to text message a couples days prior and then the day before to make sure everyone "remembers", but then when I send the reminder message, someone says "can we switch days". Frustrating! It's true. No one commits to a schedule any more.

[@thedavidboland]

this is very relatable...

[@PoodleParti]

I was on the other side trying to get a farrier out. Two years ago I started trimming my horse myself and it seems to be working fine. I can see it being frustrating on your end for sure. It’s no longer herding cats, now it’s juggling cats.

[@basterdguy2142]

Social media is poison. Even stuff like youtube shorts is bad. Feel so much better since I have stopped using my smartphone in that way. I just use it for music maps and getting information.

[@TheGlassasylum]

I realized waiting on someone was delaying me to my appointment with life, and I hated it !

[@sole__doubt]

Being late is one of the biggest insults possible.

[@miriades]

@@sole__doubtdude I try so hard but I always end up being late. It’s exhausting. It’s like I don’t percieve time correctly in my brain. Like things are always taking less time than what I feel.

[@sole__doubt]

@@miriades Im 46 and I havent been late for anything since I was in high school.

[@miriades]

@@sole__doubt I don’t know what to do about this.

[@sole__doubt]

@@miriades Leave earlier. Im early to everything. You are either early or late, its all up to you my friend.

[@horizon287]

I have never been on social media and never will be! I am proud of myself. I only watch things on KZbin, mostly to learn new things and sometimes for entertainment.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

But KZbin is social media. I had to tell ya. It can be good for discovery purposes. I don't like the algorithm stuff. It doesn't allow for random finds.

[@horizon287]

@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 Yes, you are right. I should admit that sometimes I get caught up in it, which wastes my time. I do not like the algorithm either, it keeps you in the same circle.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

@horizon287 It's easy to think a video uploading platform isn't social media. For some time I didn't put YT in that category, but technically, it is. I find way too much useful stuff on KZbin. Definitely avoid TikTok. The way it is designed, users may lose track of time endlessly swiping through short video clips. It should be off limits for anyone under age 13, bare minimum. That age should be access and time limited on TikTok. I hate that app.

[@Royal10123]

Exactly why I delete Instagram and try to stay off. It takes you down rabbit holes and sometimes makes you go look for things that don’t matter! It’s a weird energy on Instagram specifically … I can’t explain it…it’s like a portal.

[@darev6780]

Serious question. I haven't used Facebook since 2020 [ deactivated it ]. Do people still use that as their default window for viewing the world? It's such an utterly lame way to exist.

[@thedavidboland]

I'm sure some people do.

[@Omar-gr7km]

This video was almost spiritual for me. Big thanks, needed to hear all of it. Great vibe too. Subbed.

[@thedavidboland]

cheers mate :) great to have you here

[@yanuabudiriyanto4412]

I know already about this , maybe since 2020. I know smartphone make our society become so weird, chaos , and to much people become depresed.get easy to be bored. No body believe , even my friends and my family. They think I'm stupid for not having social media account.damn

[@brandonyoung4910]

Bro I had this same thought about not caring what everyone was doing on social media and wondered why anyone would care what I was doing too. Dropped that shit 13 years ago.

[@DavidToback]

I’ve tried to limit technology and have really felt the effects of chasing validation on SM. I deleted my apps for months and felt amazing. Have had them back for a few months now and just deleted them again. It’s tough because I’m a voice actor and also have a public profile in my industry, so leaving social media removes me from being visible and current. But, the more I age, the more simplicity I crave. Brain just can’t handle all the things anymore

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

You have said everything that is swirling through my mind at a million miles an hour. Having sever ADHD most of my life hasn’t helped. But today, this phone stuff has ruined our society, by ruining people to where they aren’t keeping their word, they aren’t socializing and living in the moment, they aren’t putting down our phones, they have become severely flakey. I desperately wish we could go back to the days before all of this social media nonsense.

[@paulmulks]

The best thing I ever did was get rid of all my "social" media 😂 I enjoy watching people's videos here on YT, but other than that, I'm not hooked on "likes," unlike too many others out there

[@MattAngiono]

Same here, although I do find myself falling into some of the addictive tendencies with the mediocre discussions I start here. I go down rabbit holes and emotionally invest myself in making points to people who aren't having a good faith debate, but rather are just proclaiming truths and have no interest in changing their minds. I often wonder if that's what I'm doing, but certainly try not to. I appreciate what I learn on this platform, but it's just as easily a way for me to take in content with which I already agree, only further convincing me I'm in the right. It's exhausting. At least we have some awareness, but it's hard to know where to balance it. I know I'm being surveilled too, and anytime I use the feed I'm being manipulated subtly. But I still come back for more🤦‍♂️

[@obviousquest3724]

"We need to curate our digital landscapes" - KZbin chooses this moment to play an ad for chips.

[@Alabaster335]

I'm still somewhat young and don't use any social media apart from KZbin. I prefer it old school, pick up the telephone and have a chat, just like today I had a good chat with a mate of mine on my old landline phone for an hour solid. My smartphone hardly gets used.

[@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist]

Same!

[@laramauss1948]

i always have my own plan, people can join or not. BUT if someone commits him/herself and let me down for „nothing“ it was the last time i choose that person for any activity. Sometimes i even block them on my phone. I am very harsh from experience.

[@Bathing.in.Emptiness]

Thank you! I love your content, editing, and cinematography! Your messages are awesome!… New subscriber! I'm 64 years old, retired, divorced after being married for 30 years, and now, thankfully.... I live alone in nature with no friends, no social media, no TV, and I've walked away from my toxic family! I run my own ship in solitude and tranquility and couldn't be happier because society, and most people suck ! ❤ I smile all day every day now! 😁

[@thedavidboland]

I appreciate that! thanks for sharing...

[@agapon2023]

youtube is a social media and TV. it's even worse

[@mervynsowman51]

Do you have any pets?

[@Jiri-z-Lipe]

That's actually a great advice - not to check my phone right in the morning. I'll definitely try that, thanks. I'm currently trying to change my approach towards my phone. I realised not long ago that it has a much bigger grip over me than I thought. And it's f***ing hard to do something about it. But I stay optimistic. :-) Nice telly btw. :-) I always liked the white ones. But my secret plan is to have a purple one built for me by a local luthier.

[@thedavidboland]

thanks friend for sharing

[@KerbalFacile]

On this video YT put an advertisement about more online services bragging of being accessible everywhere now from one's smartphone... Oh the irony.

[@QoraxAudio]

I've quit Facebook back in 2010 and never did any social media anymore, unless you count KZbin as social media (it's a video hosting website IMO). I'm at a few forums though, mostly to nerd out on my hobbies, but that's way different from actual social media. Social media is just a waste of time, wasting time to show off how wonderful you are. I know no one gives a crap about me, so I know that there's no point in showing off on social media. I'm all on my own, and so are most people... but most people decide it's something bad and so they don't want to live with that fact and need to escape it.

[@THX5000]

I like photography and enjoyed sharing my photos on Instagram, but I quit IG when I realized that no one really cares about anyone else.

[@antonsiberian]

Yeah, no one cares about photography anymore. Sad times.

[@BlackCatNinja]

Instagram was ruined when reels came in

[@largefamilyruralliving7434]

I have fun at our small photography club, almost all retired people though.

[@THX5000]

@@FMJP Thanks for the recommendation

[@selenaalgis6312]

Thank you for this video!! I struggle daily with this addiction and cycle of checking notifications and social media, today was a bad one. My mental clarity and focus was so off. There is no such thing as a quick scroll. I appreciate the real advice that anyone can try!!

[@thedavidboland]

cheers Selena! wishing you a lovely day

[@timothyirwin8974]

As a senior type person I am amazed how many make plans for the next day or two and then do not show up and even ghost you until the next time they need something. So different then just 20 years ago. I have even been told that if I do not hear an answer from someone the answer is no.

[@hugofontes5708]

Not even bothering to answer is wild, wth is that friendship

[@pedrozatravel]

Very profound, the social media disaster keeps isolating us into different silos, always having options but nothing secure

[@thedavidboland]

the apathy of options! hope you're good buddy

[@M3t4lik]

Taking control of your life and making a stand for 'you' is the key to survival in this crazy tech world we live! Bravo & awesome vid! :)

[@user-dl7uk9xf9q]

Yes, the "maybe tomorrow", "let me confirm with you", "sorry, I have to cancel last minute" culture. Holy fuck.... I hate the waiting time that texting creates because not only do you wait for the text.. You wait for the confirmation... And this creates anxiety. Because waiting creates a space where an answer is missing.. And you can just wait... What??? I think am not gonna participate.

[@thedavidboland]

Glad you found it relatable… ❤

[@PPP-on3vl]

​​@thedavidboland we are here because we are not free. We are enslaved. There is no such thing as free will of course we make our choices but all of them are predetermined. Superdeterminism.

[@kevin_24x7]

There he is! KZbin put you on my home screen / browse 👊🏾

[@thedavidboland]

Haha, love it! ❤

[@febee5285]

If we don't participate in that nonsense, people will say that you are not moving with the times…..I think ahead of time.

[@GavinskisTutorials]

A really enjoyable watch David, and I loved the way you presented your ideas. Fellow Irishman here btw. Cheers!

[@thedavidboland]

Hey mate! Awesome - greetings from the east coast! Love your stuff, very very cool niche!

[@GavinskisTutorials]

@@thedavidboland ah, thanks for checking it out!

[@kevin_24x7]

LOL, sometimes I do think "what is JB doing...?"

[@renzenker2526]

Bless you for this video.

[@Coyg04-69]

Mom was right Phone did ruin my life

[@cdot.8492]

Instead of being feed information, I choose the information that I want to see and hear. I’m deleting X, don’t use Facebook, and reading more.

[@Olando89]

So much real talk in this.

[@sabine824]

Thank you for this video, I really needed this morning and before..:)..this is why I do everything alone. When I walk in my town and see people I know we talk and seat together and that's good for me. IT's in the flow and I don't have to worry anymore. Blessings!

[@thedavidboland]

I love this! I feel the exact same... it's so nice to go out by myself and have a spontaneous meeting with whoever happens to cross my path!

[@sabine824]

@@thedavidboland Yes I love doing that, it's more in my flow now. It's like an adventure everyday!

[@KamrynWalks]

It’s been nice being off the main social medias (twitter, facebook, instagram, snapchat,etc) since 2017. I’m very lucky to have never even had TikTok, seeing how addicted everyone is to that, and the only ‘social medias’ I use are KZbin, Discord, and Reddit. Reddit is definitely the worst as far as time sucking/attention grabbing and I want to make a point to stop using it completely. I did set a timer for myself on my phone to limit it to 1 hour for reddit (because as you said there’s no such thing as a quick scroll haha) so that is helping but eventually i’ll bring it down to none. The camping part is so true. My problem is it takes me 1-2 days out of service to get out of the headspace of “did I get new views on this video?/did my friend respond?/etc” before I can get in that groove of slow moving and slow thinking. Thanks for another great video David, loved the Harry Potter edit by the way 😂

[@thedavidboland]

nice! thanks for sharing brother and thanks for hanging out in the live!! :)

[@ashleywrichardson]

Nice video mate, hopefully it gets spread about a bit! Thanks

[@swordthroughsoul]

Look at what's on the back of your smartphone. Turn it over and look at the literal logo printed on the device you spend hours upon hours a day staring at. What is this logo? What does it mean? Why is this on your smart phone? This should make you think. Please, think about this.

[@hugofontes5708]

Having this one actually stick took some years of pro-user practices and psychology but yeah. I felt that, thanks

[@koredemo]

5:24 the reason why I'm here after 2-3 hours of "a quick scroll"

[@thetechfromheaven]

As a phone repair technician and delivery courier I sometimes feel too much of my life depends on being on my device. I tried to scale down my activities on it to simply job related and shut it off once I get home, it's kinda weird how "not normal" my activities feel and how my customers most of the times basically are addicts. I feel bad for them and try to promote responsible use of their devices, but most don't care at all, they just want stuff done or delivered ASAP. I wish to make enough money to not need to do this jobs anymore in a near future and travel around in my bike but it seems bleak since it has been already 4 years as a delivery courier and 10 repairing electronics, mainly phones.

[@hubey]

We've always been in a trance since the inception of organised theology. Phones just make it visually more obvious, it's a trance within a trance. It's actually a good thing, because when we become aware of one layer of unconsciousness, it's a catalyst for ongoing awareness of other levels of unconsciousness; resulting in heightened presence, consciousness and connection, with self/others/life itself. 😊

[@hobologna]

My FB was hacked two years ago and I miss complete strangers I will likely never speak to again, because I can't recall their name. I still have some life long friends I talk to regularly that I hope stick around.

[@francisebbecke2727]

I actually do care about my friends on social media. As Kipling said in his poem "If," "If all men count for you, but none too much."

[@RetireandGo]

good conversation... the point about first looking at the choices you are currently making , true. good editing as well

[@SomeBotOfficial]

This video is so important, the protocol segment works wonders, especially not using social media in the morning. I like to see it as a blank canvas, if you check your phone in the morning, it's like splashing black ink all over it. Not good for the soul and wellbeing.

[@thedavidboland]

cheers, glad you found it useful!

[@ozarkrefugee]

I really hate cell phones. I do not do social media, it looks senseless to me. I do not understand the point of social media.

[@BluDaimon]

cal newport says in his book that bssically, its about an exchange: i see your stuff if you see my stuff. In one word: narcisism

[@cosmicalsounds]

There's a phone trend going on...a flip phone trend happening right now. Lots of people are going back to flip phones. I was thinking to do the same, but my greatest worry is who will reach out to me through mobile number instead of social media DMs. But, who tf cares? I could just put up my phone number and an explanation on my social stories and see who texts first. I want to improve my life, and I shouldn't have to care whether someone has a certain social app to communicate with me. Time to go off the radar...

[@igot5onit423]

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is I ask myself what is justin bieber doing.. I just assumed that was a normal thing🤔

[@dongkhamet1351]

Going by the thumbnail the cellphone appears to be melting your face. That is very dangerous. I'd say more dangerous than a fully semi automatic assault weapon.

[@Mookiethedog]

I could have done this video with real crap editing and taking twice as long to say the same thing! You sir, are awesome!

[@thedavidboland]

haha, I appreciate you x

[@FrontNationaal]

A Nokia 105 sovles all your problems..... Only 'hello and goodbye'......

[@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist]

Brilliant, insightful message! Dia dhuit a chara 🙏🕊️

[@thedavidboland]

dia smuire dhuit deirfuir! good to see you, greetings from the east ❤️

[@simplyemily8251]

Beautiful uplifting video to help our mental health ❤

[@thedavidboland]

blessings

[@megamanwins2016]

The way you edit is very good

[@thedavidboland]

Kind of you to say ❤

[@ypaut]

thank you sir

[@LouisThorp]

Thanks man, comletely related to this and agree 100% as you said YOU ARE THR MADTER OF YOUR MIND you keep it in check.

[@flummi5559]

This is an important message in your video. I also struggled with social media in terms of creativity and productivity. I see it everywhere: People get lost in the internet and they suffer from it in every aspect of human life. It's time we leave the media behind and learn to focus on the social again like we did before we opened this energy consuming portal to depression, emptieness and anxiety

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I cut off all social media except KZbin and Google and I dislike facebook and Twitter since I lost jobs and friends in the past because of it

[@loveisalliam]

Just live in the now. No future no past. Do whatever pleases you each moment that’s synchronicity. Don’t live for the illusion of time.

[@Thanks_for_posting.]

Excellent thanks for posting ❤

[@thedavidboland]

🎉🎉

[@ThumbnailGrail]

I reaaaaally appreciate this video.

[@fredfloyd68]

Ive canceled my mobil service...and the dang thing still goes off...and turns my cam on...best to smash em to bits...

[@brandonsampson-qr9cq]

that sounds like a plan. i hate how they have forced everything online. when we used cash and checks, didnt have to worry about hackers, hospitals paper records were not hackable,identity theft was damn near non existent before computers,catfishing,scammers,propoganda,brainwashing of the youth who haven't seen the world pre-smart tech.... its ruined everything

[@Cor333y]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@Taliesin-jafo]

New subscriber love your work. The best thing i discovered on my phone was do not disturb mode, its on most of the time now. I have had the same close friends for 30 odd years so I am lucky and we are all slack at connecting with each other cos we are busy doing our thing. They have known me as the crazy bike and guitar guy who is not very peopley since our teens and are cool with that. I get on KZbin of an evening instead of watching tv or movies so i can choose what i want to learn. You are spot with your observations on the socials and phones in general. As i live out bush with three of my kids and don't get to town much I get on the social media of an evening on the weekend a bit like going to the pub is for some people, fire a few messages back and forth catch up then split but yeah if that happens in the morning the day is shot and no body i know is online to even interact with, just be mindlessly scrolling.

[@mattw4176]

I NEVER worry about anything anyone else is pretending to be on social media! I literally have 10 friends on Facebook and no other social media, and I still don't pay attention to anything they post, and they never pay any attention to anything I post, tbh I just watch silly cat videos every now and then! I spend literally 90% of my life in my own company and I don't care! Most people are actually annoying AF these days and not even worth spending any time trying to get to know! The small amount of people I do actually quiet enjoy spending time with I hardly ever see, but when I do we have a great time! You don't need a million friends or contacts, it's only the past 10 years that was ever a thing, it's not normal, and it messes with your head!

[@michaelconnolly7681]

Another excellent video. You're so right ✅️

[@thedavidboland]

Cheers Michael ❤

[@beautyneytiri]

using an app to post things without wanting to talk to people one on one... i absolutely don't understand that.

[@christianwmeyer]

Thank you David🙏 for this inspiring video. It’s an eye opener 💡

[@VietnamSteve]

Good call, no socials here other than blood relatives.

[@bigchaz6426]

Yes! I like your way of thinking David. I do very similar things myself. Live your own life! x

[@grahamkelly8662]

The part you said about sending someone a text, seeing they read it but didn’t reply yet. I randomly jumped into an old “friend” invited him in and we had a smoke. He was all, I’ve missed you bro blar blar blar. I messaged him a week later and he ignored it. I message him a week later then he reply saying sorry I didn’t get back to you last week “I wasn’t feeling well” Since then it’s been about 6 months and I’ve just said Fuck it and deleted him from my contacts. The part that pisses me off most is him saying I love you bro and all that shit, then ignores my message. Never understood why people do that. It’s like when they with you they licking your arse but when you message them, they ignore. Like why the fuck did you come in mine for a smoke and catch up chat a load of shit and then ignore? If it was other way around, I’ve had bumped into old friend and refused the offer to come in for a catch up or if I accept, I wouldn’t say how I’ve missed him and stuff and then ignore his messages . 1 thing you can never call me is fake.

[@carolinejoy00]

Thank you... Ive just started to unsubscriced and made folders for Personal Dev to watch and vlogs i enjoy. So going to reduce my time down.. And go back to not watching first thing.... I also just wrote down your list of choices im currently making and then listing on the other side of the page what i want to change... Thank you for that... Much love and thank you for popping up this morning... 💙 xxx

[@thedavidboland]

awesome, thanks for stopping by Caroline!