Screens
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11 statements about Screens, every show
Weitzman predicts voice will overtake screens as primary interface within five years
“Human computer interface is going to become primarily voice, as opposed to a screen.”
Brooks: US kids average 4-7 minutes outside vs. 4-7 hours on screens
“The average kid in America under 12 spends between four and seven minutes a day in, in, in nature, and between four and seven hours a day on screens.”
Kuyda: 75% of shipped Alexa devices now feature screens
“Every single Alexa right now is, like, 75% of them are being shipped with the screen.”
McLeod: Screen time replaced 70% of time spent with friends
“If you look at the loneliness epidemic, and you actually look over the last 20 years at the amount of time people spend on their screens, we've almost completely displaced in real life time spent with our friends with time spent looking at screens. About 70% o…”
Synthesis Co-Founder: Screens Are Underrated for Education Compared to Paper
“I think like for learning screens are like extraordinarily powerful. Like you can simulate almost anything on a screen and yeah, that's like underrated. You know, I think people like don't realize how Amazing that is. There's a lot of Luddites and who are like…”
Brooks: Mood disorders and screen overuse are the top driver of unhappiness
“One of the greatest sources of unhappiness is mood disorder, meaning generalized anxiety and clinical depression. This is a hugely important problem, especially for people under 35 today. We've all heard about the explosion of mood disorders, especially since …”
Hayes: VR headsets compete with everyday screens, not each other
“VR headsets aren't competing with each other. They're competing with every other screen, everyday life.”
Doucleff: Cutting screens three hours before bed dramatically improves sleep quality
“One of the neuroscientists who studies dopamine in the eyes told me three hours before bedtime. And so I started doing, I mean, it's crazy, right? That's like seven o'clock, right? And I started doing it, like, maybe in November? And I, Shane, I sleep like I'v…”
Swisher: Haidt is directionally correct that screens harm girls especially
“The screens are, have a deleterious effect on especially girls. I think there's no, I think directionally he's correct.”
Furman: Hyper-parenting and screen time create a cauldron of family anxiety
“And we had a lot of benign neglect, which was great, you know, because I think we need more of that. But now everyone's so hyper parenting and like they're on their kids, yet the kids are always on screens and we're always on screens. So it's like this cauldro…”