Neuroscience of TikTok Brain Damage. Ban it?
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- Crazy findings from the latest scientific research (MRI studies) about how TikTok affects your brain. I'm currently completing a PhD in Imaging Neuroscience at KCL 🧠.
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TH-cam’s becoming too much like TikTok… first shorts, then the removal of the dislike button, what’s next?
Yeh unfortunately because Tiktok is sooo successful at driving usage, youtube have jumped into copying that model (as have instagram with reels)!
@@ZacharyCortexthey did not need too. Its compsci bachelors with no real youtube knowledge or creativity to what makes youtube youtube.. Idek why i use them anymore tbh. One day youtube will be Nothing. Cant wait. F google
It's turning into cancer
Add the dislike button back extension
Then people will gain an actual speech impedement that'll affect them even IRL by saying: "bruh, skull!", that's the terminal phase! Poor bastards...
I was talking to a younger girl at work about how I prefer TH-cam and don’t have TikTok. She was legitimately baffled, as if TH-cam was some kind of archaic, long outdated human technology…like I was riding a horse and buggy and everyone else had cars…although it’s basically the exact same thing but with longer, higher quality videos. It’s really perplexing how TikTok became people’s only source of media seemingly overnight, while having no real advantage over other mediums.
Thanks for the comment! Completely agree its v surprising......and most things worth knowing require longer than 20 seconds to learn
yes, but you got to admit that it makes you feel 'better' than her in some way, I feel it too after talking to friends who spend most of their time on socials and phones on tiktok, while my only social place to go to is youtube, I wonder why it makes me feel better than them lol
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Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
TH-cam now has shorts so the point know moot
@@johndoe-er3qi kinda
But I still only watch long form content for 1-2 hours per day and that's it
As a therapist, a lot of my patient right now unhappy with their life because they use social media in wrong ways...
1. They spend a lot of time to see other people's life rather than focusing their own daily activity.
2. Start comparing themself n doesnt appreciate what their own achievement.
Continue...
That is very interesting - I agree social media drives these issues big time. The damaging comparisons element is also a good issue to raise - one which I dont talk about in this video.....mostly because its a ubiquitous problem across multiple social media platforms. Not just tiktok.
Social media are not designed to be healthy, they are designed to hold people there by provoking their negative emotions & use algorithm to hold them addicted. Also makes you not feel like you need to socialize with the people in the real life.
I am currently writing a research paper about the negative effects of TikTok and after reading so many different articles on top of this video it's clear that TikTok is becoming more of a plague rather than an application. I read an article stating that children on average use TikTok or other forms of short-term media around 3 hours a day this early introduction to an app this addictive will begin ruining their lives before they even know what social media addiction is.
In short, this is an exemplary explanation of the negativity that goes hand and hand with the app. I truly wish this video had more views. Regardless I'm happy that some people like you still find the need to try to warn such an ignorant generation.
Hey! Thank you so much for the comment I really appreciate it! Completely agree with all you say here. Good luck with the paper, maybe send it over would like to give it a read! Working on building up the views.....feel free to share with anyone you think may be interested! 🧠😅
And the people who make these social media platforms are complete psychopaths. They don’t care about the people using them at all. There’s plenty of vulnerable people out there mindlessly scrolling that will only end up worse. My advice to anyone reading this comment - realise that it’s bad for you, learn to think for yourself, and live 60% of your day without your phone. Difficult to do, but see how much better you’ll feel.
I agree - maybe even more than 60% of your day ideally!
@@ZacharyCortex I wish it was that easy 😂. I said that massive paragraph but yet I still struggle. I swear it’s more addictive than the drugs we normally think of
@@CT-pv9guyep well drugs just happen to be addictive, short form entertainment media is _designed_ to be addictive.
@@Threecharacterhandle good point. I kinda wish smartphones didn’t exist. They do, which sucks
@@CT-pv9gu There’s a movement of people reverting to ‘dumb phones’. I was gonna do it a couple years ago (before it was cool) but circumstances made it inconvenient.
Now it’s a bit harder to conceive of, but I’m seriously considering it again.
I might buy the newest iphone when my current one reaches expiration (it’s doing very well so far, may have some years to go) but also buy a basic old school phone at same time.
Keep iphone for portable web browsing, emails, and books when necessary, but out of reach 99% of time (more purposeful usage) and keep ‘dumb phone’ on person for call and text not that I receive many lol
I know this is old, but i absolutely love your explanation. I posses the guilt of once being a scroller on tiktok. Night, day, id throw my attention span away just to be happy.
Now, its been so long since ive ever gone on the app. Im reducing time off of the internet and epending more time reading in hopes that i havent totally screwed up my brain.
Being calm and content is true pleasure
Thank you so much for the comment! That's so great to hear you've managed to distance yourself from it (very hard to do!).
Not that old, just a year old lol
It's sad that short form content is too easily accessible. I uninstalled tiktok years ago, but I can't seem to regain my focus or attention span as there are so many alternative ways to get that same hit. I have a website and app blocker on my phone yet I keep turning it off to watch videos like the zombie I am.
Yeh its very tricky when it is so easy to access! Maybe you could try a behavioural change and find a more productive activity to replace some of your tiktok/shorts use!
They doing this for money all business
I feel the same way 😢
truly frightening, i'm a week in in trying to quit with harmful social media and i caught myself opening up insta automatically more than once, i literally felt like i was "waking up" when i realized i was scrolling, i now realize that "mindless scrolling" is truly mindless.
I have a question though, do you think longer content, like normal youtube videos, is part of the problem too or we shouldn't be worried about it?
I think technology in general is overstimulating and ruining our attention spans whether we admit it or not. Just try to cut back the best you can, no need to worry about it further. I got my average
screen time phone screen time from 5 - 10h to 1 - 4h so thats a win for me.
Fascinating video and really well edited. Great work Mr Cortex. I'm also scared of TH-cam Shorts they're far too addictive!
Hey Toby! Thank you so much I really appreciate that :). Yeh #aborttheshorts
This is probably the best video about TikTok addiction I’ve come across
You explain everyday effects instead of just the chemicals and it helps connect the dots very easily.
Thanks ❤
Hey! Thank you so much for the comment I really appreciate the feedback! 😃
Before I was against banning anything. I've never had the app, but shorts on Facebook, youtube and others are too similar. After seeing the sales of user data and the brain rot, I really hope there is a reconsideration of banning tiktok, it really is damaging to its users.
Thanks for the comment! Not sure if I'm for literally banning tiktok as I think banning things in general creates other issues. But I am for people being educated about the risks of the things they choose to do, which was one of the reasons motivating this video!
They should come up with rules that you have to record for 5-10 minutes minimum to share videos
Thanks so much for that video! I'm glad that you're so wise and I wish more of people were aware of those things you said. I'm struggling a bit with tiktok addiction, but I'm fighting with it more and more, bc I've already experienced its damaging effects (weaker memory and attention span). Unfortunately, I see many of my friends (or even some kids from family!) being completely addicted and not seeing anything bad in this app - just justifying, that it;s not that bad, because there's some educational content sometimes, or that that's an entertaintment for them. That's very sad and idk how to talk with them :(
Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate you being so honest and hopefully others will read this comment and gather strength that a TikTok addiction is actually very common. Good luck getting off the app!
Even if TikTok/TH-cam shorts has some videos with good advice or education, they are ineffective because the short form nature means that you quickly forget the videos after having scrolled away from them.
Yeh this is very true, Highly agree
didnt look at the view count until the video ended. was really surprized I thought this would have millions of views based on the quality. keep it up.
Hey Rodwood thanks so much I really appreciate that comment! Working on getting to millions of views 😅
Outstanding. Thank you, this needs to go far and wide. The dog analogy is brilliant
Thanks so much I really appreciate that!! :) Yeh I agree such a good analogy from Andrew Huberman
Very interesting video, thanks for a thorough explanation! I need to share with a loved one now 😉
And when you mentioned the medical specialists adding valuable content to TT my immediate reaction was : if they want the best for their followers, they should find a more healthy medium for their content, there’s no other way.
Hey Marta! Thanks you so much for such a lovely comment :) Being a new youtube sometimes its hard to get feedback on whether videos you are creating are actually understanding/interesting/helpful! So i really appreciate this. Have a great day :)
This is genuinely one of the best videos i saw on the subject. Seriously. The way you bring the science behind it is incredible!! It's so mind-blowing how those big corporations are using this system to control our minds for their own benefit. The fact that they came up with this system of only using your thumb and their algorithm is fascinating but scary at the same time.
Thanks you so much for this comment I really appreciate that! Yeh its v scary - and ini the year since I published this the usership has only increased.
Thank you so much Zachary! This is incredibly enlightening!
You are most welcome :)
Yessss thank you for the simplified explanation. I am sharing this for my friends. I have hard time explaining this too!
You are most welcome! Thank you for sharing it with your friends!
Every time I delete TikTok I feel better mentally but then install it again for some reason lol
Thanks for the comment! Yeh its very tricky much like any addiction it feels good to leave it behind but always tricky to then stay 'off' of it
I know people that got locked for hours on a TikTok scroll. It's kind of scary. It's like they're there physically, but mentally they're totally checked out. It's really hard to get through to them when they're deep in the scroll.
Yeh I see this a lot with my friends too! I see it as a kind of dream state they seem to enter that is really hard to break out of
@@ZacharyCortex some don't even have conversations anymore, they just sit alone and get in tiktok...they lose motivation to do anything. I miss the 90s-2005
Love your Editing Skills and content 🔥
Thanks so much Hamza I really appreciate that!
I’m a younger millennial who decided to see what TikTok was about when it started getting bigger in 2019. In the past, I had issues with addiction to Twitter, Reddit, and Instagram so when I saw the format of the app, I had a bad feeling about it. So far, I try to avoid TikTok for the most part, even though I know it has some good content and info. It is frustrating that other platforms are introducing TikTok “mechanics” to retain their own usership, which is disappointing for people like me who are trying to resist app addiction.
Thank you for your comment. Its tricky because companies want to keep you engaged and using their platforms more so employ these addiction-led tactics. Good luck resisting the app addiction - its something I think we all struggle with!
To be honest, the ‘info’ on tiktok is *_largely_* *junk*
Do yourself a favour and keep the app deleted. Life goes on without it.
I had provided with fb and reddit in the past too, but again, life goes on without.
Really cool video! It's so impressive you can make such cool videos while doing your PhD in neuroscience! Keep it up ❤
Thanks Jyoti! 😃 I will do my best!
Thank you for sharing this and not perpetuating the myth of dopamine detox.
I stopped using TikTok because my algorithm seemed to tap into my anxiety. It showed me conspiracies and made me feel like the world was ending. When I got out of my bed to turn the lights off, I realized I was actually so scared that I felt paralyzed. At that moment, I realized I couldn’t use the app at all if that’s the only type of content that can catch my attention long-term
Hello! Thank you so much for the comment and for sharing. It's so so hard when these apps are so dishonest about their incentives. All they want is your attention and not your wellbeing. Good luck staying off of it!
I love how you give the scientific explanations but also share your own thoughts! Thank you for this video, I'll surely look forward to your channel!
Thank you so much for the comment I really appreciate that as I put a lot of work into trying to make these as good as possible :)
I'm from the AntiTikTok subreddit. Amazing upload, I'm glad you made it.
Hey Dylan, thanks so much really appreciate it :)
Good news, one year later. I have found an option button, which can allow you to tell the algorithm that you’re “not interested” in shorts as a whole. In the column where shorts are shown, just click the three dot icon. Now, I don’t know if this will entirely get rid of shorts for the viewer, but I assume as long as you don’t engage then you’ll never see them again.
Yeh ive done the same and just never get recommended them now!
I really appreciate your efforts
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your comment!
Another awesome video!!
Thanks Dan! :)
I can see that I happen to make yout great video vivid in Poland (after my post on facebook) ;) Lots of comments, although some may by annoying ;) Thank you for your great work You are doing!!!
You are the person to thank for the huge bump in views and subscribers I have recently had from this video! Thank you very much :). I actually found your FB post and tried to email you based on the email address on your FB page but it said the address wasn't valid? Anyways if you drop me an email would be great to get in touch!
Thank you so much for posting and promoting this video. It's the first time a really large platform has shared a video I have made so I really appreciate it :)!
What an interesting and high quality video. You present your content really well. I hope you can get more traction!
Thank you very much I hope so to! :)
good stuff man! This is the type of content that we should all watch when we can. Do you possibly have list of the sources you mentioned? I would like to take a look on them as am doing a research paper.
Keep up the hard work and good luck!
should have checked the description 😅 thank you!
Thanks so much for the comment @VsroYT! I really appreciate that :)
Yeh in future videos I will mention all papers can be found in the description - I think its really important those who want to can see exactly where I got all the info I discuss. Have a great day!
my friend prioritizes tiktok over me, i haven’t had a conversation with her in weeks. shes too addicted to fucking tiktok. shes always ignoring me and watching tiktok 24/7
Thanks for the comment! That is very frustrating perhaps she should watch videos like this one!
So true, I stopped hanging out with many friends over similar experiences. We don't even talk anymore
I dont know why I found your channel just now, and I have no fucking idea why you have only 1k subs, this is quality neuroscience content, I tried to actively find small channels like yours a while back, but couldnt, so im glad I found your channel, thanks!
Thank you so much for this comment I really appreciate that! I actually take so much motivation from comments like these to keep making videos and hopefully the channel will take off one day!
@@ZacharyCortex hope for you that it will, just don't stop, I subscribed with a bell so I won't miss any new content you upload, thank you and good luck!!!
Many many thanks!@@DanielBro42
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
Can confirm. Went on a camping trip for 1 week, little to no social media and loads of social interactions, i felt like a new person.
One time i completely got rid of all social media, anything tech that was syimulating that released dopamine and instead did chores around the house. I also felt much better and felt so good and confident in my new self, that i said "i can handle the occasional youtube video"
Well, eithin the next 2 weeks all progress was gone and i was back where i started.
Its time to stick to it and not turn back. Its really not worth it, its like a drug. Even TH-cam, which there are videos im genuinely interested in, if done for long enough, just keeps me going on the next video.
Thanks for the comment! Its so interesting how great an improvement one can have by getting away from social media but then plunge back into it again! I guess its just an ongoing battle. Good luck staying off of it!
@@ZacharyCortex sometimes you really gotta move out of your old skin for good
After NNN I’m gonna do Don’t Dwell(on social media) December. I am spending a shameful amount of time on here. IG reels used to be the problem but now it’s mostly YT shorts.
Luckily I found a way to disable them temporarily. Same account on pc (chrome browser at least) I have an option on my homepage right above shorts to disable them for 30 days. Clicking that disables them on phone too, but only till you click on the shorts page
Thanks for the comment :) DDD sounds like a good idea, good luck! I always say 'not interested' to shorts if YT recommends them to me so dont see them that often anymore.
i use blocksite to disable youtube on my phone and the unhook youtube chrome extension is a lifesaver on my pc. i love it and reccomend it
For more than 20 years I’ve been working a boring job at a grocery store, stocking shelves
Lately, when I find my mind drifting into the daydream land, I switch gears and practice writing rhymes
Also, instead of taking a picture of the refrigerator to know how many drinks I need to bring out to fill it I just tried to remember the long string of numbers
63425, 712 etc.
These two activities have been helping me a lot
Thanks for the comment! Sounds a lot better than watching TIkTok
Really interesting video! i actually decided to search this up after going to uninstall tiktok for about the 4th or 5th time (i always end up installing again😅). I just notice i always feel awful after going on it for a while, often for too long - so overstimulated and my brain is just fried and overwhelmed. It’s a shame because there’s some great stuff on there but we’re not supposed to live our lives watching 10 second snippets of other peoples😭
Thanks fo much for the comment I really appreciate that! Yeh quitting tiktok is very difficult.....maybe you can come back to watch this video again if you feel the urge to download it again!
@@ZacharyCortex that’s a good idea! 1 day so far, so good😅
Im thinking of writing a disertation about the effects of tiktok and identity. There are so many aspects of your mind that can be negativley influenced by social media addiction, especially nowadays
Yeh definitely agree. Sounds like a v interesting dissertation!
Yeah, I realized when I did watch YT Shorts, I wasn’t getting anything out of it, even if I watched somewhat educational content - so I stopped. And now that I tried to convince others in my school about it, they just don’t want to hear it - so they just continue. I have certainly realized why phone usage is so limited in many schools… but I would like to see more research on mobile games too, as I find them to be just as bad when it comes to the quality of entertainment, and how best to convince others to stop 🙃
Thanks so much for the comment!! :) Definitely agree
Surely the internet as a whole is giving us brain damage… staring at a screen filled with bullshit can’t be good for us
Yeh defo not good for us
Thank you for this video. Its much help for my school presentation 😊
You're very welcome! So glad it helped!
Great video my friend, if you continue like this you likely would have tens of thousands of views per video
Thank you so much! 😀 I really appreciate that comment! Working on it, would be great if you could show the channel to some others you think might find the content interesting!
Super annoying. I haven't download or use tiktok. Now other social media literally copying tiktok! Example TH-cam. I love youtube so much. My favorite social media platform. And now they are like tiktok and all that shi because of shorts. I hate it!
We can't go anywhere!! Unless TH-cam takes action, and add a disable shorts.
I agree in terms of long term user enjoyment! Don't think youtube will get rid of shorts though they are too good at driving engagement because of their addictive nature!
The study you cited is for Chinese students where their version of TikTok is dramatically different than elsewhere
In this video I tried to include a range of studies looking at the effects of TikTok - I had a look at the differences between the Chinese version vs the American version and the essence of the user experience (30s-ish videos intended to entertain) seems to be the same? I'm not sure they are dramatically different making cross comparisons impossible?
Ah yes the same football edit 12 times in a row with different photos. Let’s watch them all. Great video Zac still watching them!
Thanks QPR Clips! Next video on how supporting QPR affects your brain? 😂
@@ZacharyCortex you know me 😂
It’s Ben btw
@@ZacharyCortex probably has rather adverse effects
@@QPRTV Hey Ben I know :) I'm a big fan of your channel!
@@QPRTV Yeh very true!
Ahh yes, I love receiving brain damage after watching a TikTok my friend sent me.
The odd one here and there is probably not going to cause these effects, who doesn't love the occasional hilarious video a friend sends 😅
Between all this social media, esp Tik Tok, and video games, our society is going down and down everyday. TV is also bad, and couple that with social media and video games, it's even worse. Everyday I step outside, maybe close to half of people either have their heads down texting or scrolling through photos or are constantly talking on their phone. What the heck do they talk about all the time?!
Yeh i notice on the trains around london that everyone is just looking down at their phones!
This makes so much sense ...
Thanks for the comment!
i’m gonna make a similar video abt this bc i’ve been creating videos recently. ty sm for the information!!!
Thanks for the comment I look forward to watching the video!
The dog quote hit hard
Yeh so true!
I'm so glad I don't use Tiktok. Or else I wouldn't feel like myself right now
Thanks for the comment, good for you!
They need to shut tick tock down I don't care who takes over
agreeeeeed
You need more subscribers. Couldnt agree more greatly reducing (only watching videos my mates send me) has darastically improved my performance at school.
Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate that! Working on it!
This is incredible information, could you provide sources for these insights? I'd love to look further into them
Thanks for the comment! All papers and references are cited in the description (apart from papers where I should the actual paper title and authors within the video fotage in which case you just need to google that exact title to find the whole paper) :)
well said!!!
Thanks!
Sometimes I open TH-cam on my phone and it goes straight into shorts and I get lost for hours.
Yeh it so true. i you start navigating away from shorts and stop clicking on them (easier said than done) youtube will stop showing them to you
I've never had Tik Tok, because I had concerns over the CCPs involvement with it and more importantly that it was basically spyware at the time (probably still is now, if not worse). I've advocated against the usage of social media to my friends for years because it had been an huge issue for me previously - having been addicted to Facebook; and to see platforms like Tik Tok make Facebook seem harmless in comparison is very disappointing to see. Great video.
Thanks for the comment! Yeh I deleted my facebook account 5 years ago when i saw its really addictive potential in myself and tiktok is deffinitellyyyy worse!
Jesus Christ saves
He had mercy on me he can save all who all seek him today He made away through calvery repent of all sins today
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Holy Spirit can give you peace purpose and joy and his will today
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
youtube does have the option to remove youtube shorts, if you turn off your watch history it won't show you any recommended videos and shorts are just cut off
Oh cool thanks for letting me know!
Ivr only ever used shorts to advertise a product. To my suprise it got thousands of views per day! But no sales. Seems like people may be in default off mode with shorts, and dont remember that thing they clicked like on.
Thanks for the comment! Very true!
Why the algorithm suggesting me such good video a year and an half later, seems TH-cam doesn't like this kind of video
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate that! Trying to get more view though weirdly enough this is my most popular video by a mile though I think the others are of a similar style and quality!
Shorts remind me of crack, no substance, just the compulsion to keep taking in more! It is actually boring, unpleasant even, yet you are motivated to keep doing it, even as you feel like ass. That is what TikTok is! And yes, I have tried crack and I have watched shortform videos, 100% would not recommend, brain rot, garbage, uninteresting, not fun, destroys the brain, but you will seek to do it until you run out anyway, except TikTok doesn't run out. Maybe they should just rename it "e-Crack!"
Thank you for the comment! e-crack is a good name!
I've watched some TH-cam shorts, but i don't find them enjoyable. So i just leave and watch regular videos like this.
Thanks for the comment! Much appreciated!
TH-cam FOREVER THX FOR THE EFFORT
You're most welcome!
I'm deleting tiktok right now
Good luck staying off it! :)
I had to stop yesterday. I'm always finding myself addicted to something. I had to quit all social media prior and now tiktok. I already feel the withdrawals. It makes me sad because it reminds me of when I did alcohol. I stopped but the withdrawals feel exactly the same. Brain is like," come on, just one more hit,joey". Sad. I thought I had the whole addiction thing kicked but I found myself addicted to something else.
Thank you so much for the comment! It is so difficult to stay off these things but good luck in your efforts!
9:07 "tictok doesn't care as long as they can package hours of your attention and sell it to advertisers, they're happy." I love this statement and it's my take home advice.❤
Thanks! I fully stand by that comment!
TikTok and YT Shorts are very similar, I got rid of tiktok. I need YT to make a disable button to get rid of Short.
Thanks for the comment! I managed to get rid of youtube shorts from ever being suggested by always clicking 'not interested' on them......then it is just the shorts button at the bottom of the app to try and avoid but I agree they should give you an option to remove it!
@ZacharyCortex I swear I didn't find an option to remove it. It just stopped suggesting it ever since I looked up these videos.
I didn't even press the Not Interested button
@@arathcantu7103 Oh thats funny! Yeh I couldnt find an option to remove shorts, if you just tell youtube on each short video that you arent interested i think they get the message eventually then when you arent being recommended them waay easier to avoid them
@@arathcantu7103 Ahh right clearly watching you searches then! 🤣
Do you have any tips? I am seeing myself getting back to my addiction and I am terrified.
Thank you for the comment! It is tricky to quit an addiction - first I would try deleting the app and trying to stay away from it (as well as youtube shorts and instagram reels)! I think another useful thing is listening to podcasts and youtube videos about how bad it is - this can give more motivation to keep off of it
Excellent !!!
Many thanks!
i do this but i do it with my own mind and just switch off my own brain just like you said without any tiktok some times
Yeh other ways to switch off your brain can be very productive, like meditation
I had to click the "do not show again" button on all the shorts that appeared on my TH-cam to prevent them from being recommended. It acually works, if you find this anoying too you can try, it's so worth
Thanks for the comment! This is exactly what I did too!
I'm a victim, not of TikTok, but of Instagram and TH-cam. I saw the damaging effects of TikTok, and thought that by not downloading it, I was better off. That would only last for a short time, as Instagram and TH-cam quietly adopted a similar model.
So what do I do? I avoid mobile social media (aside from messengers like Discord or FB Messenger) and I install as many extensions as I can on desktop social media sites to combat the issue.
It's a sad reality of the world that consumers have to go so far out of their way to prevent the problems of TikTok from dominating people's lives.
Thanks for your reply and your openness! The way I avoid it is by not having any social media at all! Which I know is quite extreme but works for me!
How about we hold users responsible for their own health for once?
Thanks for the comment!......One reason I make videos like these is to educate people so they can take responsibility for their health!
nobody that uses tiktok listens when i tell them this stuff
the scientific jargon, though not excessively hard to understand, completely throws them off and makes them close their mind to it
pretty frustrating but at least i’m not using tiktok
Thanks for the comment! maybe you could try send them this video 😅
my tiktok experience was rather like:
i came
i saw
i left
Thanks for the comment good for you!
TH-cam is just as bad especially with the shorts you want to go from one point to finger swiping up with your corner finger on TH-cam
Yeh agree thats why I dont have and dont watch any youtube shorts!
So if a user is not tiktoking but just looking at the ceiling 19 times a day for 74 minutes, which would activate his default mode network, would it also hurt their brain or mental capacity and induce addiction? Is relaxing 19 times a day bad for us in itself? How is relaxing using tiktok different from relaxing while watching TV?
Hi sochacky, great question….it’s not clear to me that looking up at the ceiling would necessarily activate default mode network (DMN). We do fMRI on people at rest and don’t always see DMN activation….having said that if someone was meditating effectively and activating their DMN, that defo wouldn’t have damaging effects…..I think its that combining DMN activation with a dopamine releasing/addiction driving behaviour is a damaging combination. Additionally, TikTok will be activating a bunch of other areas in your brain in addition to DMN (such as visual cortex, auditory cortex, basal ganglia/hippocampus/memories) that heavily distinguishes it from looking at the ceiling or meditation.
I would say Tiktok is quite different from TV based on 1) The attitude you approach it with. TV is usually something to enjoy at the end of a working day, not in 30s chunks regularly throughout the day. 2) Additionally people sit down to watch a whole programme usually for 15 minutes+ and not just for very brief periods multiple times a day. TV also isn’t built to be swiped on throughout use. Sure you may flick through channels though usually you will settle on something and invest more than 30 seconds watching a programme…..one final thought - you also don’t carry a TV around in your pocket and have access to it 24/7, it is usually in another room and requires a bigger commitment to go and start watching.
Very interesting question thank you, given me a lot to think about!
Great point! Substitute books for tiktok, you get the same mechanisms, same "addictions", and only "conclusions" differ because books have good press, tiktok does not! For kids, tiktok beats books because it fulfills the educational demands more accurately (I am speaking of happy free kids, not those ruined at school)
@@ZacharyCortex I'm comoing in from cognitive sciences - brainhacking - accelerated memorisation - the EU life long learning program - innovations in learning.
Kids know tiktok and social media are competing for attention and selling things.
There's also indications they get their priorities right very quickly.
And how about "the brain knows best"?
You know in learning the "zone of optimal learning, proximal development, the goldilocks principle", leading to stable memories vs obligatory learning that results in weakly linked neural networks where 90% is forgotten in a month and these networks are recycled for learning other stuff.
Cf the tiktok clips, TV, books, having access to nice and closeby available places playing outside, closeby friends - I think the brains of healthy kids will sort out an optimal combination that is healthy for them. I just asked my kid: yes, he knows these pass out tiktoks but these kids fall in the category of "downies" = stupid kids and the info it's dangerous quickly caught up as well with the kids journal he also watches interviewing experts telling why this is dangerous and showing kids that got in a coma or died.
Kids know tiktok and social media try to compete for their attention with real life, real friends, experiencing life. Kids get ict training year after year for every age group. The moment you know, it is explained, most of the danger is gone.
Doesn't it seem to be much like our previous generations warning about the dangers of the steam powered locomotive train - un-natural speeds - some farmers mentioning their cows stopped giving milk at the sight of it, etc?
Don't the postitives outweight the negatives?
I trust my kids brain. The place where we live is really sustainable-social-solidary-circular, offers lots of alternatives, idem the schools and teachers are all into lifelong learning, a good mix of formal and non-formal education, lots of opportunities to put your own accents in what you want to learn, leaving enough space for spare time and non-formal education. I don't have to push stuff on them, they have a natural learning drive, social being drive to go out and seek rewards there, sports clubs, dancing, ... tiktok has a space, but not all the space.
It’s stimulation to an unreal level. Staring at the cieling is a task that would make any tik tok user suicidal
Tiktok shows short videos with many different topics and in a short span of time, you've been exposed to hundreds of different ideas, funny, sad, happy, scary videos all at once. This will mess up with your emotions, your thought process and because you get used to watch short videos, time itself will never seem enough, therefore shorting your attention span.
In time you will never have a fixed set of ideas because of this chaos of ideas.
Looking at the ceiling has nothing to do with looking at tiktok. Because the ceiling is always the ceiling, the same. It is not a bluelight screen, it doesn't harm you, it's not a digital thing, it's real and it's there. But of course standing on your bed looking at the ceiling for long periods of time is also bad, because we need activity.
Why do i keep getting this in my recommended when I'm not addicted to tiktok i don't even use tiktok really i don't really think I'm addicted to anything tbh
Which is a good thing
Yeh agreed thats a good thing......i would say this video is interesting even for those who arent addicted just as an FYI for the neuroscience of how other peoples brains are affected by tiktok
Thanks!!!
Turn phone to greyscale so virtual is more boring than reality, the way it actually is. Turn captions on, turn volume down. Reading will turn your brain into a vegetable slower cause it’s more engaging to the brain, right?
Wow thanks for the idea! ive literally gone to the settings in my phone now. No greyscale but ive turned vivid colours off so everything looks far more muted! Thanks for the idea :)
im ngl sometimes ive dreamt of scrolling on youtube shorts and thought it was real, it wasnt even a dream it was like a hallucination
hahaaha what a hallucination!
About that paper on "TikTok Use Disorder", I bet you that TikTok doesn't cause anxiety or depression, but is more likely to attract people who are that type of person to TikTok. It's like how introverts will be online 70% of the day, and extroverts spend 70% of the day outside (mostly), limiting themself to social media. It might cause memory loss and affect attention spans though. Good video!
TikTok also might facilitate it but not cause it directly.
Hey! Thanks for the comment. I think its likely to be both actually? It attracts people with a proclivity to depression and anxiety but also has these effects for a wider population who find themselves mindlessly scrolling on tiktok.......also for almost everyone, if you spend an hour wasting time when you should be doing productive work this will always leave you feeling a bit crappy (speaking autobiographically). .....I also think its powerful evidence that if you remove social media from people who suffer with depression, you see a reduction in depressive symptoms. This begins to show a causal link?
attract? all the world is using it...
@@ZacharyCortex "I also think its powerful evidence that if you remove social media from people who suffer with depression, you see a reduction in depressive symptoms." It's the opposite for me and that's such a bummer because I want to bring my screen time down. I genuinely feel worse without though and I find it hard to imagine otherwise. Maybe if going offline is replaced by positive activities and real life social contacts but what about people that don't have access to those? That's something I just keep thinking about. There must be a solution for everyone...
@@Shirumoon Thanks for the comment! Yeh the studies don't have 100% of people improve after deleting social media. I acknowledge that some people benefit greatly from the connections of social media.....I think there are a majority of people though who could benefit from a reduction in screen time.
The stupid challenges such as the pass out challenge is very old, at least 10 years old and originated on TH-cam
I'm not sure exactly where it originated , but it certainly gained a huge amount of traction and popularity on TikTok
Thank you... But why do we have to endure background "music" loops while you're talking...?🤔
I just switch off😬😕
You are welcome! I think the music makes it better
This is the reason l uninstalled Tiktok in my phone, and also dont allow my kids to watch
Thanks for the comment! Yeh I think once its not on a persons phone its easier to stay off
just sent this to my friend who is addicted to tiktok
Thanks!
I am wondering if fast edits, every 2 to 3 seconds, to put a sentence together affects the brain to aid an addictive nature/viewer retention. I think YB is just as bad as Tik Tok.
I think youtube shorts are just as bad as tiktok.....i think that lots of long-form youtube content is more similar to a documentary or a film that builds up and teaches topics in an engaging way without cuts every 2-3 seconds (indeed this is what I strive for in my videos!)
Where did it start?
Where did tiktok addiction start?
Did the Blackout Challenge in the 90s, we just got away with it and did it better😅😅😅😅
Hahah thanks for the comment! Through what medium did you find out this........great idea?
Children are definitely not spending 75 minutes on tiktok more like 2-3 hours
Yeh definitely - some even more. I think that number is skewed by the fact some children dont have it at all and never watch. Those that have it watch loads and loads
That's exactly how much time I have used it.. Gosh.. Atleast two years ago
I saw one kid that said "Look at my TikTok screen time"
I saw "4 hours" and I was like "4 HOURS..... EVERY SINGLE DAY???"
And then I saw another day and guess what is said?
7 hours. 7 HOURS? ISN'T THAT LIKE A QUARTER OF A FRICKING DAY AND NIGHT COMBINED?????
Yeh mad, crazzyyy amount of time to spend on it
I was on tik tok 2 weeks .. n i got upset when i didnt get likes 😂 i quit super fast after realizing that.
Thanks for the comment! Happens to the best of us!
This is a good video, i’m now scared about my girlfriend frying her brain..😢
Yeh maybe she should watch this video and think about reducing time spent on it!
8:06 Mixing medicine with poison? That's what happens at school. Unlike school that forces you to go through all stuff, TikTok adapts to your needs and maximizes value! That's the gold behind the algorithms. This is why after a bit of watching, social media algorithms can detect preferences and maximize productivity per minute. As I am commenting here a lot, I bet I will be served more videos on TikTok, addiction and Zachary Cortex. Once I get bored, I will re-focus and the algorithms will notice! Perfect!
I hope you find my content interesting even if you disagree
Your Content Quality is worth a million views. So underrated. YT Shorts are overrated tho
Cheers! I really appreciate that! Feel free to share with anyone you think may also like the content!
I want to know if it reduces cognition, because I see so many people in public watching random, bright/loud, 20 sec videos nearly drooling, like they aren't even conprehending what they are viewing. I feel like this short, mostly silly, videos are actively killing brain cells. I'd rather read books.
It definitely reduces cognition in some ways - this is more tricky to test as (one way) requires doing intelligence tests before and after huge amounts of tiktok use which is a study that just wasnt really done.....and nowadays almost impossible to find a large group of teenagers that have never used tiktok that are happy to join a study involving using it for hundreds of hours. Its not clear whether titok actively kills brain cells......though the psychology literature is clear that it causes our ability to concentrate to plummet. I prefer book too!!! (or making youtube videos haha). Thanks for the comment!
anyone who is familiar with the electromagnetic field of an MRI machine is going to call bullshit on "people used ticktok during an MRI scan", without getting a phone explosively embedded into their head/chest
Anyone who is familiar with fMRI paradigms knows that a projector can display a screen visible to the person being scanned with MRI conditional buttons that allow them to interact with the screen without having to have ferromagnetic metal in in the MRI environment
@@ZacharyCortex if you didnt make this video in an MRI, i'm calling BS
Touché
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Stopped using tiktok. But cant escape the youtube shorts 😅 which i find just as addicting and overstimulating
Agreed!
Although I agree that social media on ANY platform and any OS carry’s the same weight. Ironic that this is posted on YT. The differences between a mouse brain and a human brain are substantial. We have more of a choice not to follow the carnal path than an animal. We always have a choice to decide rather than going on primal instinct. That matters.
Thanks for the comment! I agree - but if I don't post to youtube where else could the information be put out there? Unfortunately getting people to read a blog or something like that is v tricky
@@ZacharyCortex why do you feel the need to warn people about the very thing that you’re using then?
@@JLIQUIDJ I think TikTok is a lot worse than youtube. TH-cam is a phenomenal tool that brings education and entertainment that doesn't seem as accompanied by the anxiety and depression. Above I was agreeing the distinction between mouse and human brain
@@ZacharyCortex yes I understand what you were agreeing to. I don’t have any anxiety, etc.. from using TikTok. That’s why I made the comment about the primal mind such as a mouse. Humans can choose not to let them end effected by something like that. Phones in general will give me anxiety though lol
@@kanabanakamura864 agreed