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Engineered for Addiction: Why We Can’t Look Away | Sarrah Fahmy | TEDxYouth@WCHS
TEDx Talks· 2025-11-17 16:18
That was just 8 seconds of your time. Short, I know. But did you know that 8 seconds is the average attention span for Gen Z.For baby boomers, it's 20. And for millennials, it's 12. Now, I'm sure we all have an idea on what to blame for this dramatic decrease that happened in only 66 years.Technology, addiction, and consumable media, better known as our culprit. Let me take you back to three summers ago. All my friends had phones, and I wanted to be included.So, as any kid would, I begged my parents for one ...