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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