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[Jon] And this is why checking our smartphones all day
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And this is why checking our smartphones all day may not be our fault

[Jon] And this is why checking our smartphones all day may not be our fault

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- [Jon] And this is why checking our smartphones all day
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may not be our fault.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:49
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
In fact, it may not even be the devices, but what's on it. - Screened Out 00:06
In fact, it may not even be the devices, but what's on...
Most apps we use have been designed - Screened Out 00:09
Most apps we use have been designed
And what these app companies have learned, - Screened Out 00:12
And what these app companies have learned,
(slot machine chiming) - Screened Out 00:05
(slot machine chiming)
(soft jazz music) And what the heck - Screened Out 00:05
(soft jazz music) And what the heck
What keeps people playing them for hours and hours? - Screened Out 00:05
What keeps people playing them for hours and hours?
Why don't we stop playing after a win, big or small? - Screened Out 00:04
Why don't we stop playing after a win, big or small?
Well, this is because of what psychologists call - Screened Out 00:07
Well, this is because of what psychologists call
- Now, you might imagine intuitively - Screened Out 00:04
- Now, you might imagine intuitively
You know, you go do something, you get a reward, - Screened Out 00:06
You know, you go do something, you get a reward,
- Many years ago, (playful music) - Screened Out 00:07
- Many years ago, (playful music)
(rat squealing) (electricity crackling) - Screened Out 00:09
(rat squealing) (electricity crackling)
He found, when the pigeon received a reward every time - Screened Out 00:12
He found, when the pigeon received a reward every time
However, when the food came randomly, - Screened Out 00:08
However, when the food came randomly,
It was the anticipation of the reward - Screened Out 00:07
It was the anticipation of the reward
(slot machine tinkling) - Screened Out 00:11
(slot machine tinkling)
If you made those machines (unsettling music) - Screened Out 00:09
If you made those machines (unsettling music)
So it started with these slot machines, - Screened Out 00:06
So it started with these slot machines,
And so, I think, my sense is the hierarchy - Screened Out 00:08
And so, I think, my sense is the hierarchy
- [Jon] Every time we remove the devices - Screened Out 00:07
- [Jon] Every time we remove the devices