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IS TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERING US OR OVERPOWERING US?AND DOES TECH NEED AN FDA TO PROTECT USERS FROM INNOVATORS?
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this talk will present new research conducted with manoush zomorodi
and the audience of the !
note to self podcast
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technology is the oxygen that fuels our modern world.
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it’s vital that we fully understand how it is affecting us as
human beings.
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“The information revolution…will likely reshape our world in the order
of decades…
Michael Saylor, The Mobile Wave
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…Software will suffuse the planet, filling in every niche, and exciting opportunities will lie everywhere.”
Michael Saylor, The Mobile Wave
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The iPhone was introduced in 2007. !
an empowering product: !
“there’s an app for that.”
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a product with interruption designed-in by default.
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“the tyranny of the buzz.”
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“your phone is ruining your life. Like the rest of us, Ive, Lynch, Dye, and
everyone at Apple are subject to the tyranny of the buzz—the constant checking, the long list of nagging
notifications.”
David Pearce, Wired Magazine
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typical office workers only get 11 continuous minutes to work on a
task before interruption.
University of California, Irvine
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people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower
on a standard cognition test.
Carnegie Mellon University
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NOMOPHOBIA !
is the fear of being without your smartphone.
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affects 40% of the us population. !
and 0ver 60% have a smartphone.
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smartphone users spend average 3.6 hours a day on devices.
International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning
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25% of users admitted their smartphones create
communication issues in real life.
International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning
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smartphone addicts are growing at more than five times
the rate of regular users.
Flurry
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“…an association between heavy smartphone use and lowered
intelligence…”
Computers in Human Behavior
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“Excessive use of technology has led to neural change that is impacting people of all ages on many levels.
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“These effects are cognitive, emotional, social, and also relate to conscious awareness of the world
around us.
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
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“adhd, weakening of cognitive focus and shallower thinking skills,
reduction of creativity and problem solving skills, a lowered
ability to filter out extraneous information…
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
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“…adverse effects upon psychosocial development, hyperactivity and behavioral problems, feelings of
isolation, depression, anxiety and restlessness, and an inability to form
meaningful and long-lasting relationships.”
Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
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“The smartphone, more than any other gadget, steals from us the
opportunity to maintain our attention, to engage in
contemplation and reflection, or even to be alone with our thoughts.”
Nicholas Carr, The Shallows
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“it’s important to understand how smartphones affect and relate to human psychology before these
technologies are so fully ingrained that it’s hard to recall what life was
like without them.”
Computers in Human Behavior
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“We may already be at that point.”
Computers in Human Behavior
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“People need to know the potential addictive properties of new
technologies”
Dr Zaheer Hussain, University of Derby
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