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Screened Out

Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.

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The core of products that keep you coming back, - Screened Out

The core of products that keep you coming back,

It's a four-step process that goes from a trigger, - Screened Out

It's a four-step process that goes from a trigger,

And it's through successive cycles through these hooks - Screened Out

And it's through successive cycles through these hooks

There's these external triggers, like a notification, - Screened Out

There's these external triggers, like a notification,

And so what we find is that tech companies are in a race - Screened Out

And so what we find is that tech companies are in a race

(spaceship whirring) - Screened Out

(spaceship whirring)

Then, finally, is the investment, - Screened Out

Then, finally, is the investment,

It's where you give the company data or you upload content, - Screened Out

It's where you give the company data or you upload...

You're queued with what's called an internal trigger, - Screened Out

You're queued with what's called an internal...

Without any kind of notifications, - Screened Out

Without any kind of notifications,

(device keyboards clicking) - Screened Out

(device keyboards clicking)

- We, as a species, we wanna be connected with each other. - Screened Out

- We, as a species, we wanna be connected with each other.

We needed each other to stay warm, to get food, - Screened Out

We needed each other to stay warm, to get food,

So we have a deeply ingrained drive for connectedness. - Screened Out

So we have a deeply ingrained drive for connectedness.

- What the screen has done to social interactions - Screened Out

- What the screen has done to social interactions

- We also have a deep fear of intimacy. - Screened Out

- We also have a deep fear of intimacy.

And so one of the things - Screened Out

And so one of the things

You're safe behind the guise - Screened Out

You're safe behind the guise

They present the self that they wanna be seen as. - Screened Out

They present the self that they wanna be seen as.

- And so you portray your perfect image - Screened Out

- And so you portray your perfect image

That isn't really what your life is - Screened Out

That isn't really what your life is

That has a big impact on your self-esteem - Screened Out

That has a big impact on your self-esteem

- We know that the more time people spend on social media, - Screened Out

- We know that the more time people spend on social media,

So this is having an impact on people's well-being. - Screened Out

So this is having an impact on people's well-being.

- These are things that are unintended consequences - Screened Out

- These are things that are unintended consequences

Media companies have realized there are ways - Screened Out

Media companies have realized there are ways

(mellow music) - Screened Out

I deactivated all of my accounts - Screened Out

I deactivated all of my accounts

My wife also decided to take a break - Screened Out

My wife also decided to take a break

I felt like I was shutting off a part of myself - Screened Out

I felt like I was shutting off a part of myself

What would it be like without all these digital connections? - Screened Out

What would it be like without all these digital connections?

Throughout filming, I had many conversations with people - Screened Out

Throughout filming, I had many conversations with people

Weren't we warned about the printing press destroying us? - Screened Out

Weren't we warned about the printing press destroying...

I think it was essentially to make something - Screened Out

I think it was essentially to make something

Facebook has been trying to do this for a long time, - Screened Out

Facebook has been trying to do this for a long time,

And that war for your attention, I think, - Screened Out

And that war for your attention, I think,

And you also see the rate of evolution, - Screened Out

And you also see the rate of evolution,

One company does it, they all latch on, - Screened Out

One company does it, they all latch on,

That, to me, those signs, that kind of copycat behavior, - Screened Out

That, to me, those signs, that kind of copycat behavior,

Nothing like that ever happened with pinball machines - Screened Out

Nothing like that ever happened with pinball machines

And there's a lot of good that comes from the internet, - Screened Out

And there's a lot of good that comes from the internet,

We're going through this process that always occurs, - Screened Out

We're going through this process that always occurs,

We have this reappraisal of what are the real costs - Screened Out

We have this reappraisal of what are the real costs

I do realize there's the good and the bad, - Screened Out

I do realize there's the good and the bad,

(soft digital music) - Screened Out

(soft digital music)

What you're about to see is a digital play land - Screened Out

What you're about to see is a digital play land

When people started ditching their old technology, - Screened Out

When people started ditching their old technology,

Every single computer had some sort - Screened Out

Every single computer had some sort

Bill Gates saw this and talked to his buddy, Paul Allen, - Screened Out

Bill Gates saw this and talked to his buddy, Paul Allen,

We turn our phones on, we push buttons, - Screened Out

We turn our phones on, we push buttons,

These computers all required a certain amount of skill - Screened Out

These computers all required a certain amount of skill

We just, we use them, they do what we need to do, - Screened Out

We just, we use them, they do what we need to do,

These would cost $1,500 to $1,800 for the phone - Screened Out

These would cost $1,500 to $1,800 for the phone

The BlackBerry was the first time that you saw people - Screened Out

The BlackBerry was the first time that you saw people

BlackBerrys did have full keyboards, - Screened Out

BlackBerrys did have full keyboards,

And this truly, especially having the email on the go - Screened Out

And this truly, especially having the email on the go

- I remember the little red light would flash, - Screened Out

- I remember the little red light would flash,

"Someone has communicated with me." - Screened Out

"Someone has communicated with me."

If you see that light on, - Screened Out

If you see that light on,

That actually gives us a little bit of a high, right, - Screened Out

That actually gives us a little bit of a high, right,

I think people are always scared of new technology - Screened Out

I think people are always scared of new technology

Because of the portability - Screened Out

Because of the portability

- I had to finally delete, not deactivate my Facebook, - Screened Out

- I had to finally delete, not deactivate my Facebook,

I was more clear-headed and relaxed, - Screened Out

I was more clear-headed and relaxed,

I even started reading fiction again, - Screened Out

I even started reading fiction again,

My wife, however, was having issues - Screened Out

My wife, however, was having issues

- I've been trying to just be more aware - Screened Out

- I've been trying to just be more aware

- [Jon] If someone is diagnosed with screen addiction, - Screened Out

- [Jon] If someone is diagnosed with screen addiction,

I traveled to Seattle, home to reSTART, - Screened Out

I traveled to Seattle, home to reSTART,

And whether or not you call it an addiction - Screened Out

And whether or not you call it an addiction

We're right now at Heaven's Field, - Screened Out

We're right now at Heaven's Field,

They spend time getting healthy while they're here. - Screened Out

They spend time getting healthy while they're here.

They're away from screens - Screened Out

They're away from screens

They're in a safe, social environment. - Screened Out

They're in a safe, social environment.

They're getting lots of psycho-education. - Screened Out

They're getting lots of psycho-education.

I mean, we are human animals designed, obviously, - Screened Out

I mean, we are human animals designed, obviously,

There's nothing wrong with having a dopamine response - Screened Out

There's nothing wrong with having a dopamine response

But when there's an overstimulation, - Screened Out

But when there's an overstimulation,

I dropped out the first semester because of the addiction. - Screened Out

I dropped out the first semester because of the addiction.

It really, really brings down on your whole life. - Screened Out

It really, really brings down on your whole life.

(rain spattering) - Screened Out

(rain spattering)

And I found that, for me, there's a lot of stressful factors - Screened Out

And I found that, for me, there's a lot of stressful...

- What companies want is our attention, - Screened Out

- What companies want is our attention,

You can't hold people's attention - Screened Out

You can't hold people's attention

- I didn't know how much - Screened Out

- I didn't know how much

I wasn't, you know, you miss out on so much. - Screened Out

I wasn't, you know, you miss out on so much.

Now that I'm not really, I don't use anything, - Screened Out

Now that I'm not really, I don't use anything,

- I think we are entering a health crisis - Screened Out

- I think we are entering a health crisis

The evidence is actually really strong - Screened Out

The evidence is actually really strong

- I won't argue - Screened Out

- I won't argue

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Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.

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Director: Jon Hyatt

Writer: Jon Hyatt, Karina Rotenstein

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 54/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

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Released: 26 May 2020

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