What Smartphone Addiction Actually Does to Your Brain: The Science
Educational Content Disclaimer: This article provides educational information only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The content discusses general health topics and should not replace consultation with your licensed healthcare provider. Always consult with your doctor before making changes to your diet, supplements, or medications. Dr. JJ Gregor is a Doctor of Chiropractic licensed in Texas and practices within the scope of chiropractic care.
We decided early on that we were not doing electronics at the dinner table.
No judgment if you do. But Erin and I made that call and we held it. Our kids read books at the table while we wait for food. Lily does crochet. We talk. It is, apparently, a spectacle. Servers comment on it. Other parents stare. Like we brought exotic animals to Applebee's.
I say that not to be smug about it. I say it because every single time it happens, I think: this is what normal used to look like.
We have decided, as a culture,
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Educational Content Disclaimer: This article provides educational information only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The content discusses general health topics and should not replace consultation with your licensed healthcare provider. Always consult with your doctor before making changes to your diet, supplements, or medications. Dr. JJ Gregor is a Doctor of Chiropractic licensed in Texas and practices within the scope of chiropractic care.
Who are you following?
Are you letting the tech giants lead you? Are you outsourcing your brain power to an algorithm? Are you letting AI drive your decisions, your attention, your imagination? Because here is what I know after 24 years of watching people get healthier and watching people stay stuck: the people who get better are the ones who decide what they are following. Not what they are reacting to.
This is a post about your phone. But it is really about that question.
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Educational Content Disclaimer: This article provides educational information only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The content discusses general health topics and should not replace consultation with your licensed healthcare provider. Always consult with your doctor before making changes to your diet, supplements, or medications. Dr. JJ Gregor is a Doctor of Chiropractic licensed in Texas and practices within the scope of chiropractic care.
Every generation thinks it's the worst. We are, as a species, constitutionally Chicken Little. The sky is always falling.
The meme at the top of this post makes that point better than I can. We look at people glued to their phones and declare the death of real human connection. And then you see the photo below it: a train car full of people in their Sunday best, every single face buried in a newspaper. Not one of them talking to each other. Not one of them present.
Socrates (or Plato, one of the two) reportedly...