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We all know scrolling isn’t great for us, and yet we keep reaching for our devices anyway. Emilia Smith and Bianca Thomas pull back the curtain on what’s really happening to your brain every time you fall into an infinite feed, and why the cost is far higher than a few lost minutes here and there.

In this episode, we unpack how doom scrolling is rewiring your brain and how to finally stop. Emilia breaks down what the research shows about brain waves, mental exhaustion, brain fog, and sleep procrastination, while Bianca opens up her own screen time report live and does the math on how many days a year we hand over to our devices. You’ll learn why the apps are designed to hijack your nervous system, how to reframe doom scrolling into bloom scrolling, and the simple time boundaries that help you reclaim your attention, your agency, and your life.

Here’s a related episode that builds on today’s conversation:
#492 | The Realities of Tech and Future Conversations None of Us Are Ready to Face - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/492-the-realities-of-tech-and-future-generations/id1511831621?i=1000759123683

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Show notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:25) Is your attention really yours?
(3:25) Handing your brain over on a platter
(4:15) Why countries are changing tech laws
(6:53) How much time we really spend scrolling
(8:39) What doom scrolling does to your brain waves
(10:43) Brain fog, burnout, and sleep procrastination
(13:28) Auditing your own screen time
(15:34) Alex DeMello shares his experience as a member of the Evolve Ventures
(16:30) The real math on your lost time
(25:05) Outro

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(Stay tuned for this coming Monday’s episode!)