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A Day

The dilemma

Junk food.
Junk connections.

The fast food industry tried to conceal the inconvenient truth it was selling junk food. History is repeating itself with the tech industry concealing the fact social media offers us nothing more than junk connections — at a very steep price.

Exposure

Experience

But you already knew that deep down — of course.

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But wait just a minute...

Let's forget about those minutes and talk about the years

A Life

Lifespan

84 Years

2 Months

Waking Moments

51 Years

2 Months

Life Time use (LTU)

Your
Life

Chores

7 Years

0 Months

streaming

10 Years

11 Months

social media

12 Years

8 Months

Sleep

48 %

48 Years

2 Months

A Species

So let's zoom out and see the big picture

Every day humanity is watching

-1,000,000,000

hours on

That collectively equals

-114,000

years

Daily...

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Pause on that for a moment...

Junk food. Junk connections.

The fast food industry tried to conceal the inconvenient truth it was selling junk food. History is repeating itself with the tech industry concealing the fact social media offers us nothing more than junk connections — at a very steep price.

Exposure

-

4.0

hr

Hours

Daily

-

28

hr

Hours

Weekly

-

112

hr

Hours

Monthly

-

1344

hr

Hours

Annually

8:39 hr

hours

Daily teen and tween (13-18) entertainment screen use

Common Sense Consensus • 2021

150 x

hours

Daily phone unlocks, equalling one every 6 minutes.

Daily 16 hours waking

#1 th

passive

Social media is now the single largest activity people dedicate their life to

Compared to all other common activities• 2021

2.6 k

of US students

Daily average phone taps, often preceded by pavlovian trigger

The Brussels Times • Only android users • 2016

Experience

40 %

of US students

US students report 'too depressed to function' in 2016. 61% of students said they had “felt overwhelming anxiety” in that period

American College Health Association survey • 2017

-61 %

of US students

Decrease in having 10 or more close friends, from 33% to 13%

Survey Center of American Health • 1990-2021

+56 %

suicides

Increase in teen 14-18 suicides rates

American Psychiatric Association (APA) • 2007-2017

+151 %

suicide

Increase in girls 10-14 suicide rates

Center for Disease Control and Prevention • 2010-2018

+78 %

of US students

Increase in 'serious psychological distress' episodes by 20-year-olds

Jean M. Twenge, Journal of Abnormal Psychology • 2019

32 %

of uk girls

Of UK teenage girls say Instagram makes them 'feel worse about themselves'

Leaks from The Facebook Files • 2021

47 %

increase

Of Americans feel 'often or always alone' and reports having 'no meaningful relationhips'

American College Health Association Survey • 2010-2018

+189 %

self-harm

Increase girls 10-14 hospital admissions for self-harm

Center for Disease Control and Prevention • 2009-2015

But you already knew that deep down — of course.

But wait just a minute...

Let's forget about those minutes and talk about the years

Lifespan

84

Years

2

Junk food.
Junk connections.

Daily teen and tween
(13-18) entertainment
screen use

Common Sense
Consensus
• 2021

Daily phone unlocks,
equalling one every
6 minutes.

Daily 16
hours
waking

Compared to all other
common activities
• 2021

The Brussels Times • Only android users
• 2016

of US
students

American College Health Association survey
• 2017

Survey Center of American Health
• 1990-2021

Increase in teen
14-18 suicides rates

American Psychiatric Association (APA)
• 2007-2017

Increase in girls
10-14 suicide rates

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• 2010-2018

Jean M. Twenge, Journal of Abnormal Psychology
• 2019

Leaks from
The Facebook Files
• 2021

American College Health Association Survey
• 2010-2018

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• 2009-2015

-10Y
11M

-12Y
8M

Your
Life