Adam Gazzaley "The Distracted Mind": tech co's need to make products healthier for humans
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Channel: This Week in Startups · 2016 · Education
WATCH FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/bUuFmNCRUzo .@adamgazz on need & opp. to develop tech to serve what makes us most human & regain control of fragmented attention-@jason-THX @audible_com We have a primal desire to fill our brains with information, as animals forage for food. But with the constant and exponential barrage of technology, we are at a near-constant state of interruptions and distractions. “Multi-tasking” is a myth, it’s brain switching …. and we can’t keep up. And everything suffers as result: our sleep, relationships, mood, attention — and performance. How can we break out of the cycle and rescue our brains from high-tech addiction? And how about companies like Facebook — don’t they have a responsibility to design healthier products? Adam Gazzaley, author of “The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World,” is with Jason today, and has answers. We also learn more about Dr. Gazzaley’s fascinating neuroscience experiments and research, and where we’re headed with the brain and the taking back of control of our attention — and futures.
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