A practical tip to reduce accidential consumption: Use the Brave Browser instead of the YouTube app on your mobile phone. Go to settings -> Media and disable "short videos" for YouTube. Done!
SFV truly does change short term, memory and mental processing. Far more research is required to assess, scientifically, the long term impact (especially on younger humans).
That said, adults need to manage their own SFV media time before applying limits and guardrails to their own children. Phone addiction is real, which a quick stroll through any public place in America will confirm.
A brief window still exists in which we can prove to ourselves, and the next generation, that we can live without the phone. Be that for entertainment, information or navigation. SFV is merely that latest distraction that causes people to look at a screen, rather that each other.
A practical tip to reduce accidential consumption: Use the Brave Browser instead of the YouTube app on your mobile phone. Go to settings -> Media and disable "short videos" for YouTube. Done!
Interestingly, no matter how many times you dismiss SFV on Facebook and YouTube by clicking 'don't show me this' they continue to promote it
SFV truly does change short term, memory and mental processing. Far more research is required to assess, scientifically, the long term impact (especially on younger humans).
That said, adults need to manage their own SFV media time before applying limits and guardrails to their own children. Phone addiction is real, which a quick stroll through any public place in America will confirm.
A brief window still exists in which we can prove to ourselves, and the next generation, that we can live without the phone. Be that for entertainment, information or navigation. SFV is merely that latest distraction that causes people to look at a screen, rather that each other.
I already knew I cooked myself but it is always good to have scientific evidence of how much I've cooked myself