The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
How is Tiktok rewiring your brain? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and Harvard physician Dr Aditi Nerurkar reveal how tech addiction and short-form video are ROTTING your brain, and why AI chatbots could cause the next global addiction CRISIS! Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU Stern and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. Dr. Aditi Nerurkar is a world-renowned expert in stress, burnout, and mental health, and best-selling author of ‘The 5 Resets’. They explain: ◼️The "brain hacking" secrets tech companies use to hook you ◼️Why short-form video is shattering the global attention span ◼️The link between phone-based childhoods and the teen mental health crisis ◼️How TikTok causes a 40% drop in memory accuracy ◼️Why you must delete addictive slot-machine apps to reclaim your focus Enjoyed the episode? Share this link and earn points for every referral - redeem them for exclusive prizes: https://doac-perks.com [https://doac-perks.com] 00:00 Intro 02:26 The Largest Threat To Humanity Right Now—And Why No One Wants To Admit It 06:31 How Short-Form Videos Are Rewiring Your Brain For The Worse 09:26 What Your Phone Is Doing To Your Sleep, Heart, And Stress Levels 16:15 Why Short-Form Content Is Quietly Killing Deep Thinking 19:07 What’s Really Happening In Your Brain When You Scroll 26:24 What Happens When You Quit Social Media—And Take Back Control 30:00 The Real Danger Behind Meta, Snapchat, And TikTok 36:05 The Dark Side Of Snapchat: Cyberbullying And Predators Exposed 41:23 Oxytocin, AI Chatbots, And What This Means For Your Brain 55:20 What If Your Business Depends On Social Media—Is There Another Way? 01:00:28 Why So Many People Feel Lost—And How Tech Plays A Role 01:06:16 Ads 01:07:17 The Simple Test To Know If You’re Addicted To Your Phone 01:26:08 What Is “Popcorn Brain”—And Do You Have It? 01:28:04 Brain Rot: Why Adults Can Recover—But Teens Might Not 01:31:45 Why Australia Banned Social Media For Under-16s—And What Happens Next 01:43:16 Ads 01:45:33 Why Parents Can’t Sue Social Media Companies—And What This Law Protects 02:04:29 How Technology Is Eroding Our Sense Of Meaning 02:08:39 How To Reclaim Meaning And Joy In A Hyper-Digital World 02:14:14 The 3-Second Brain Reset That Breaks The Scroll Cycle Follow Dr Aditi: Instagram - https://linkly.link/2aYTX [https://linkly.link/2aYTX] Website - https://linkly.link/2aYTZ [https://linkly.link/2aYTZ] You can purchase Aditi’s book, ‘The 5 Resets’, here: https://linkly.link/2aYTd [https://linkly.link/2aYTd] Follow Jonathan: X - https://linkly.link/2aYTq [https://linkly.link/2aYTq] Website - https://linkly.link/2aYTs [https://linkly.link/2aYTs] You can purchase Jonathan’s book, ‘The Amazing Generation’, here: https://linkly.link/2aYU7 [https://linkly.link/2aYU7] Independent research: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DOAC-Attention-Discussion-Independent-Research-further-reading.pdf [https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DOAC-Attention-Discussion-Independent-Research-further-reading.pdf] The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ [https://doaccircle.com/] ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook [https://smarturl.it/DOACbook] ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt [https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt] ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb [https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb] ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt [https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt] ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb [https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb] Sponsors: Wispr - Get 14 days of Wispr Flow for free at https://wisprflow.ai/DOAC [https://wisprflow.ai/DOAC] Function Health - https://Functionhealth.com/DOAC [https://functionhealth.com/DOAC] to sign up for $365 a year. One dollar a day for your health Pipedrive - https://pipedrive.com/CEO [https://pipedrive.com/CEO] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theexperienceplus.substack.com [https://theexperienceplus.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]
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