Overstimulation (as a societal issue)
Brain fog
Attention span
Restlessness
Clarity
Long term thinking
How to make (real life) decisions
Financial
Does my generation handle their money well ❓
Norms and Values
Feeling / intuition
Purpose
Creativity
How to make it upstream?
Through Tech design or Urban design
Have transformative conversations / interventions with companies that are benefiting from overstimulation
Related domains
Neurology
Psychology
Education
Mental Health
Personal Development
Cultural shifts
Make the relation with stimuli more harmonious
Business
Politics
What rules revolve around stimuli
Policy interventions
Addiction
Games
Gambling
Pornography
Social Media
Impulsive purchases
People that run into money issues
over Comparing
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How can I, as a social innovator, facilitate change
Can I help people to create a system that helps them think clearly?
Test it
Look into the workspace, family and school life
Is it possible to live offline for a few days?
Lifestyle changes
Stoic philosophy
Meditation
Journaling
Wisdom
Connectedness
Attention
Link to travel
Hightened senses
Exploration and connection
Consuming
Sociology
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Focus: The societal impact of overstimulation, including how media, consumer culture, and fast-paced lifestyles contribute to collective stress and anxiety.
Potential Solutions: Community-based initiatives that promote slow living, policies to reduce work hours, and encourage mental health awareness.
Example: Sociological studies on how overstimulation contributes to the erosion of social bonds, empathy, and a sense of community.
Where to make Interventions/Performances
Office space
Students
For them to deal with emails
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How they deal with their Phones
Tech companies
Elajendran Rajendran
Research setup
Desk research
Irresitible
Articles on
Statistics
Generational
Real life research
Questionaire
Make people think
Through 'transformative questions'
Focus group
To take a few prospects and suggest them to change their behavior and reflect on it --> Find people that want to change their behavior in certain ways and track their progress together
Numerical data
Social Interaction
What are social occasions that have been replaced by technology ❓
Escalation
What type of people have real problems
Youths and Habits
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Benefits and downsides of digital culture
Are there obvious changes that are desired by a certain population group ❓
Biggest challenges that we face
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Democracatic debates are being held on Twitter
Life Advice is given via YouTube
Seeking out mates is done via
Performances
Experience personally what it's like trying to go through this life without a smartphone
Investagation into a Elementary school
PF
Who is benefitting from social media addiction
The industry
PI talk Structure
Slide 1. Show how little attention we have for each other**"Imagine this: You wake up in the morning, and the first thing you do—before even getting out of bed—is grab your phone. You scroll through notifications, check your messages, maybe spend a few minutes (or an hour) on social media. Now, imagine doing that every single day. The truth is, most of us already do.
But here’s the kicker: studies show that this habit rewires our brains, fuels anxiety, and steals hours of our lives every week. So, I have to ask—who’s really in control: you, or your phone?"**
Explain some parts of digital addiction and how it's getting bigger
Social Media
Addictive algorithms
Social Dilemma
Gaming
Feeling of importance
Pornography
leverages powerful visual and auditory stimuli to engage the brain’s reward system.
World of Warcraft
Is available at all time
In some cases creates a distorted image of sex
Nuance (there's also good sides to it)
But in some cases we are prioritizing technology over each other
Kids don't have time to be in a sports team or hang out with friends, because they are busy making homework, though they still find the time to spend 6 hours on their phone each day
Example of Spain and coming back, hearing that everyone is busy
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Other order that I need to add to primary order
How did this problem emerge into society
Stakeholders
Researchers
Digital Industry
Users
Law makers
Have finally find some causal proof
Acted upon this
Benefits from addiction
High schools are now protecting their students
They are benefitting both socially and academically
Adults
Can they benefit more outside of school too?
Eventueel vertellen over challenge voor de kids Gefocust aan huiswerk = meer tijd voor hobbies
We like to think we can take care of ourselves, but can we?
Experiment
Conclusions from the Dopamine Fast:
Does it create lasting change?
People can maintain somewhat of a balance with their digital behavior, however everybody recognizes that they waste a lot of time that could be spent more intentional
Our normal amount of stimulation leads to a lack of rest/sleep
We are no longer used to boredome
I don't know
But it's nice to switch it up sometimes
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Practical Advice
Link this to my personal story, and say we should also look at it collectively
No phones in the bedroom
Monitor the use of chilldren
Use technology to your own benefit
Find some examples of mindful tech
Can we change their motives?
No, but we can use alternatives
MeWe
Waagfuturelab https://www.waag.org/nl/
Bluesky
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I am not the first to initiate this idea, and I hope I am not the last
So by any means, if you see value in this callenge, feel free to initiate it. At your work, at your household, with the whole neigborhood.
Citizen driven tech, promoting collaboration
Servve the community rather than corporate profit
Ad free
Generates revvenue through subscriptions instead of advertising
No maniupulation of feeds
More organic interactions
Struggles to become mainstream
Users choose their algorithms
Centralization
Power is distributed equitably, breaking free from the monopolies of surveillance capitalism.
“There’s nothing wrong with making friends online, as long as you also make friends in the real world.
There’s a critical learning period for talking (language) , socializing, and sexual intimacy. Replacing these things with social media, games and porn is very bad for our development because it tricks our primal instincts
Breezer
Tinder
Bumble
High school
Gerrit Rietveld College
Students
Teachers
Counsel
Hester Prins
Digital devices are robbing away attention at schools
Come in touch with new parts of yourself
Meaningful relationships are vital
Give the first incentive that people need to improve their habits/lifestyle
Data