The problem is the short-form content is like crack. It destroys your brain's ability to use dopamine properly.
And it's mostly superficial, clickbait content. Yes, there are gems, but overall more harm than good, imo.
Clearly, though, that is where things have moved with younger folks. It exploits their ADHD.
Depth is impossible with short-form though, and long-form is far less damaging to your brain chemistry.
EDIT: it also makes it far easier to brainwash/maipulate (in any direction). There is no time to think, no time to verify and validate, just tweak on dopamine and quickly to the next thing.
I'm that old as well. The thing is, your brain becomes addicted to the dopamine hit of seeing constant, new, short content (yes, it has been a progression, and the same was true with youtube, and tv before that, xyz before that).
They have optimized the ever loving shit out of it to the point where most people are basically crack fiends and need a regular hit. As with any addiction on that level, your brain's ability to concentrate on other things becomes severely diminished and you get fidgety and go for the next dopamine release of another short-form vid.
Not that there is not opportunity, and there are most definitely pros and cons, but they ability for them to control your mind is far greater with tik tok than with the long-form stuff.
Same with all social media, though. It's all optimized to keep people constantly engaged and controlled.
To really escape the bubble, yeah, turn off the internet :)
We should all be doing that from time to time, and go spend more time talking conspiracies in person.
iv never used it, thought it was stupid for braindead youths. not gonna lie though, iv have seen a few gems come from there
They had good coverage of Lahaina
The problem is the short-form content is like crack. It destroys your brain's ability to use dopamine properly.
And it's mostly superficial, clickbait content. Yes, there are gems, but overall more harm than good, imo.
Clearly, though, that is where things have moved with younger folks. It exploits their ADHD.
Depth is impossible with short-form though, and long-form is far less damaging to your brain chemistry.
EDIT: it also makes it far easier to brainwash/maipulate (in any direction). There is no time to think, no time to verify and validate, just tweak on dopamine and quickly to the next thing.
I'm that old as well. The thing is, your brain becomes addicted to the dopamine hit of seeing constant, new, short content (yes, it has been a progression, and the same was true with youtube, and tv before that, xyz before that).
They have optimized the ever loving shit out of it to the point where most people are basically crack fiends and need a regular hit. As with any addiction on that level, your brain's ability to concentrate on other things becomes severely diminished and you get fidgety and go for the next dopamine release of another short-form vid.
Not that there is not opportunity, and there are most definitely pros and cons, but they ability for them to control your mind is far greater with tik tok than with the long-form stuff.
Same with all social media, though. It's all optimized to keep people constantly engaged and controlled.
To really escape the bubble, yeah, turn off the internet :)
We should all be doing that from time to time, and go spend more time talking conspiracies in person.