One Simple Trick To Stop Doomscrolling - Catherine Price

Catherine Price is a journalist, author, and science writer. How much are our phones affecting our brains? Our attention spans seem to be getting shorter, and many of us feel more forgetful. So how much of this can we blame on our phones and what can we do to fix it? Expect to learn how many hours a day people spend on their phone, what phones do to our attention span, if Tik tok memory brain is real, the real impact this kind of cellphone usage is doing to our brains and how it changes your focus and much more… 00:00 The Hours We Spend Daily On Our Phones 04:31 Effective Ways We Can Reduce Time On Our Phones 09:06 Why Phones Can Cause A Decrease In Our Attention Spans 16:17 Do Dopamine Detoxes Work? 26:34 What Are Phones Doing To Our Memory? 30:34 How Screentime Can Effect Our Perception Of Time 38:30 The Impact Phone's Have On Our Happiness, Health And Relationships 44:50 Predictions For How AI Is Going To Change Each Aspect Of Our Life 56:22 Fundamental Changes That Are Happening Due To Our Use Of Screens 1:06:28 Highest Impact Habits To Help With Phone Use 1:13:13 Where To Find Catherine - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount & free shipping on Manscaped’s shavers at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM20) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Chris WilliamsonhostCatherine Priceguest

Mar 29, 20251h 14mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: March 29, 2025
Duration: 1h 14m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Catherine Price is a journalist, author, and science writer. How much are our phones affecting our brains? Our attention spans seem to be getting shorter, and many of us feel more forgetful. So how much of this can we blame on our phones and what can we do to fix it? Expect to learn how many hours a day people spend on their phone, what phones do to our attention span, if Tik tok memory brain is real, the real impact this kind of cellphone usage is doing to our brains and how it changes your focus and much more… 00:00 The Hours We Spend Daily On Our Phones 04:31 Effective Ways We Can Reduce Time On Our Phones 09:06 Why Phones Can Cause A Decrease In Our Attention Spans 16:17 Do Dopamine Detoxes Work? 26:34 What Are Phones Doing To Our Memory? 30:34 How Screentime Can Effect Our Perception Of Time 38:30 The Impact Phone's Have On Our Happiness, Health And Relationships 44:50 Predictions For How AI Is Going To Change Each Aspect Of Our Life 56:22 Fundamental Changes That Are Happening Due To Our Use Of Screens 1:06:28 Highest Impact Habits To Help With Phone Use 1:13:13 Where To Find Catherine - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount & free shipping on Manscaped’s shavers at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM20) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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Chris Williamson
host
Catherine Price
guest
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Chris Williamson and Catherine Price, One Simple Trick To Stop Doomscrolling - Catherine Price explores mindfully Break Up With Your Phone And Reclaim Your Attention, Life Catherine Price and Chris Williamson explore how pervasive smartphone use is reshaping time use, attention, memory, relationships, and our sense of self. They estimate average daily phone use at 4–6 hours, emphasizing the massive opportunity cost and how much of it is unintentional, compulsive behavior.

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