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Brain Rot Emergency: These Internal Documents Prove They’re Controlling You!

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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’. Enjoyed the episode? Share this link and earn points for every referral - redeem them for exclusive prizes: https://doac-perks.com 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 00:00 Intro 02:40 The Largest Threat To Humanity Right Now 06:44 How Short-Form Videos Are Rewiring Your Brain For The Worse 09:40 What Your Phone Is Doing To Your Sleep, Heart, And Stress Levels 16:29 Why Short-Form Content Is Quietly Destroying Your Ability To Think 19:21 What’s Really Happening In Your Brain When You Scroll 26:38 What Happens When You Quit Social Media And Take Back Control 30:14 The Real Danger Behind Meta, Snapchat, And TikTok 36:18 The Dark Side Of Snapchat: Cyberbullying And Predators Exposed 41:37 Oxytocin, AI Chatbots, And What This Means For Your Brain 55:34 What If Your Business Depends On Social Media,Is There Another Way? 01:00:42 Why So Many People Feel Lost—And How Technology Plays A Role 01:06:30 Ads 01:07:31 The Simple Test To Know If You’re Addicted To Your Phone 01:26:22 What Is “Popcorn Brain” And Is It Happening To You? 01:28:18 Brain Rot: Why Adults Can Recover—But Teens Might Not 01:31:59 Why Australia Banned Social Media For Under-16s—And What Happens Next 01:43:30 Ads 01:45:47 Why Parents Can’t Sue Social Media Companies And What This Law Protects 02:04:43 How Technology Is Eroding Our Sense Of Meaning 02:08:53 How To Reclaim Meaning And Joy In A Hyper-Digital World 02:14:28 The 3-Second Brain Reset That Breaks The Scroll Cycle Follow Dr Aditi: Instagram - https://linkly.link/2aYTX Website - https://linkly.link/2aYTZ You can purchase Aditi’s book, ‘The 5 Resets’, here: https://linkly.link/2aYTd Follow Jonathan: X - https://linkly.link/2aYTq Website - https://linkly.link/2aYTs You can purchase Jonathan’s book, ‘The Amazing Generation’, here: https://linkly.link/2aYU7 Independent research: 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/ ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Wispr - Get 14 days of Wispr Flow for free at https://wisprflow.ai/DOAC Function Health - https://Functionhealth.com/DOAC to sign up for $365 a year. One dollar a day for your health Pipedrive - https://pipedrive.com/CEO

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@fs5775 2026-02-16

My elderly father behaves like these brain rotted kids. Lies in bed all day scrolling his iPad, rarely interacts with my lonely elderly mom, nevermind the grandkids. Don’t forget that this is destroying our seniors too..

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@sinofpride1235 2026-02-16

The irony is the people who need this the most wont see this, youre giving a guide to fix attention spans but what you dont get is that you need attention to understand the guide, i mean it is a 2hr vid

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@Tiomakes 2026-02-16

im 16 yo and i really see this problem, something needs to change. Im going to do anything possible to make this world a better place EDIT: Thank you all so much for the support. I don't know where this is going, but God will lead the way.❤❤

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@kimberleywarren8679 2026-02-16

I'm a teacher. It is impossible to think deeply if you cannot attend. Our children are being destroyed on purpose.

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@TheDiaryOfACEO 2026-02-16

Do you like these types of convos? If so please hit the like button on the vid - that’s the best way to vote for more like this ❤ also, would be doing me a big favour if you could subscribe - its free 🙏🏾appreciate you! - SB

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@wennyelrod655 2026-02-16

I had a sad moment of truth when my 3 yr old grandson pleaded, "Gram put down your phone." It changed my life.

812 22 replies
@lucianogoncalves4669 2026-02-17

I used to use social media for more than 5 hours a day. On January 8th of this year, I made the decision to delete all social media apps from my phone, leaving only YouTube with the commitment to watch only long videos. My life changed radically. I'm more social, I have fantastic ideas all the time, I have more energy, my stress level dropped by 90%, I stopped being irritable, and I'm living a totally different life. 40 days later, it took me 10 days to get used to it.

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@KamSaidIt 2026-02-18

Deleted all my social media apps. I’m done. I literally cannot do it anymore. It’s starting to make me physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually SICK.

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@EMeadow 2026-02-19

I’m sick of this life and Chasing~money. Life was so much better before social media.

217 26 replies
@NicoleCasey-i7s 2026-02-18

I am a therapist, the kids are desperate for attention, the parents are constantly on their phone," they care more about the strangers on their phone than me "

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