Cell Phone Addiction | Tanner Welton | TEDxLangleyED

Did you know that 80% of children check their

phone

s every five minutes? Hello everyone. My name is Tanner Walton and today I'm going to talk to you about

cell

phone

addiction

. I may have an

addiction

too, but not that. I mean, I can't talk about that, in fact, who knows better than me. There are many people with addictions. Different things, but in my opinion,

cell

phone addiction is the number one word. Wait a second. I'm sure many of you are thinking. that's not me, I'm not addicted, now take a second to think how many times a day you use your phone or just check your phone, what happens to you when you lose it, are you calm and collected or do you get scared?

There are actually people who have a panic attack, it's called nomophobia or as I personally like to call it, no, no phone, obeah, that's when you panic if you don't have your phone in your pocket or you can't find it. I have seen this happen on many occasions in our house, but don't feel alone, in fact, there are 1.5 billion people in China 24 and many of them are suspected to be addicted to technology, which accounts for almost three quarters of the population of Canada. It's crazy that parents are putting their children in institutions to detoxify them from technology, but they are not the only ones who have this problem;

It is happening in Britain, Spain and several other countries and I believe these detox centers will soon be in Canada. Now the big question is why are people very addicted, well here is my answer, take social media as an example, every time you post a photo, let's say in a matter of 10 seconds you get 4 likes, those 4 likes can They may be small, but those 10 seconds affect your mind enormously. of happiness sends a message to your brain that says: I want more, so you post another photo and another photo just to see how many likes you get.

Now you spend every five minutes of your day checking if someone liked your photo, even if that someone is from all over the world and you've never met them before, that's like a big waste of a day for me, but I'm not just talking about children, I'm also talking about adults, it's like people don't talk to people. Have you ever been at a restaurant and two people aren't on a date, they're not even looking at each other, they're too busy on their devices talking to someone else or taking a screenshot of their dinner and sending it to someone who's not even there ?

Wow, a nice date night. Great to spend time with you and your phone. It's like we live in a virtual world where we can't even feel comfortable with the people we love. We are always watching or thinking about what other people are doing. There is another. In this aspect of this attachment to technology, we don't even talk to each other in the same house, for example, some families text each other in the same house, why don't they just talk to each other? Is it too far to get on and off? three floors but hey, we still have a generation of people who use the landline to communicate.

I swear, every time our phone rings at home I know exactly who the telemarketers are or my 70 year old grandparents who just learned how to use a phone and get angry. They look at us if we don't want to talk for a long time about the horses or the corral or the things they did back in the 20th century, but we have more important things to do with our time, like use our cell phones, we don't do that. I don't have much to talk about, but you can text us and we will respond right away. We are available, we just don't want to talk.

Alright. There is something very wrong with this. I admit it. Hey, hey, what's up? Yeah. Oh, sorry, I'm actually a little busy right now. Can I call you back? It is shameful. Very sorry. This is another common problem today. It's called phubbing. It is a word used for subscribe when people pay more attention to their device than to people. Right in front of them, has that happened to you sometimes when I'm not allowed to bring my phone to school or I forget it? My day is drastically different. Imagine going to school and seeing all your friends and they're all talking on their devices. someone else on social media or playing video games it's like we've forgotten about human connection, it's pretty hard to put down the phone, especially everyone around you has won talking about human connection, did you know there are actually posters posted on my local hockey rink to tell people to put away their phones so they can pay attention to their own son playing hockey, but there's another aspect to it: sleep, people even sleep with their devices next to them, using them as alarm clocks or sleep apps that help them go to sleep is a chronic problem everywhere.

Did you know that blue light actually affects the release of melatonin in your brain? You need this to tell your brain to rest, this is why some people have so much energy before bed, jumping on their phone next to their bed has side effects like digital eye strain, increased illnesses and even car accidents due to lack. People who even drive with their cell phones are too busy worrying about what someone has to say on their phone instead of paying attention to the road and I think we have reason to worry since cell phones are responsible for many accidents. automobiles.

Here's a quick fact: did you know that driving at 90 kilometers per hour reading a five-second text message is equivalent to walking around a football field blindfolded involving things like I think we could all talk about a lot of other problems with cell phones . The one thing I've discovered is that we really need to connect more with each other. One of the best moments of my life so far was going to summer camp last year. Rock Ridge Canyon, a tech-free camp, kids were told to leave all devices at home, it was not an option and yes I admit it was hard to leave it for a week but I'm glad I did because I had the opportunity . to live incredible adventures and make real human connections with people.

I still talk to you today. I mean, this is me, and of course, if you take away anything from what I just said, my advice to you is to pay up. Pay attention to the little things that make you happy, enjoy the moments in front of you, and as Steve Jobs once said, your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life, thank you.