Adam Alter: Why our screens make us less happy
Adam Alter: Zašto nas naši zasloni čine manje sretnima
What makes us incessantly check our phones? Adam Alter dives into the fascinating psychology that drives our tech addictions. Full bio
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čuo sam zanimljivu glasinu.
an interesting rumor.
za kućne ljubimce
of a large pet food company
shareholder's meeting
ako je hrana dobra za njega,
that if it was good enough for him,
vlastitih proizvoda,
as "dogfooding,"
in the business world.
u poslovnom svijetu.
i jednu pseću hranu,
goes in and eats dog food,
will use their own products
is when you find exceptions
ili ljudi u poslovnom svijetu
or people in businesses
gdje je to uobičajeno
where this happens in a common way,
tech industry.
when he was releasing the iPad,
kada je pustio u prodaju iPad,
that was "extraordinary."
koje ste ikada imali,
you've ever had;
way better than a smartphone.
i pametnog telefona.
kontaktirao ga je novinar
he was approached by a journalist
that seemed like a sort of softball.
koje se činilo vrlo jednostavnim.
vjerojatno jako vole iPad."
must love the iPad."
zaista je iznenadilo novinara.
really staggered the journalist.
korištenje tehnologije."
our kids use at home."
u tehnološkom svijetu.
in the tech world.
quite near Silicon Valley
vrlo blizu Silicijske doline,
of the Peninsula,
of the Peninsula,
until the eighth grade.
uređaji sa zaslonima do 8. razreda.
of the kids who go there
u tehnološkom svijetu Silicijske doline.
Silicon Valley tech execs.
it was interesting and surprising,
koliko je to zanimljivo i iznenađujuće,
what screens were doing to me
kako svi ti zasloni utječu na mene,
of screens on our lives.
da nam oduzimaju puno vremena,
on how much time they take from us,
what that time looks like.
i kako to vrijeme izgleda.
is the average 24-hour workday
actually, only last week.
i to samo prošli tjedan.
to eight hours a day;
but it hasn't changed much.
lagano smanjilo, no nije mnogo.
to nine hours a day.
and bathing and looking after kids --
kupanja, brige oko djece,
koje se tiču nas kao pojedinaca,
that make us individuals.
where we have close relationships,
za bliske odnose s drugima,
kada smo kreativni,
where we get creative,
i pokušavamo ustanoviti
u tom bijelom, osobnom prostoru.
that happen in that white personal space.
ispred zaslona uređaja, kroz vrijeme.
is taken up by screens across time.
introduced the first iPhone.
of that free time in front of our screens.
provedemo ispred zaslona.
is where the magic happens.
them to him is with screens.
15 or 20 years ago
that comes from them.
that we're using?
aplikacije koje koristimo?
dok ih koriste i kažete im
they're using them and say,
prilično dobro koristeći one,
about these apps --
prognozu vremena, čitanje,
exercise, weather, reading,
minutes a day on each of these.
potroše oko 9 minuta dnevno.
them and say, "How do you feel?"
i pitate "Kako se osjećate?"
društvene mreže, igrice,
on each of these.
potroše oko 27 minuta.
on the apps that don't make us happy.
na aplikacije koje nas ne čine sretnima.
toliko vremena na njih,
so much time on these apps
in the 20th century.
posvuda u 20. stoljeću.
that it's time to move on,
signal da trebamo prijeći
to do something different.
eventually you get to the end,
nakon nekog vremena ih pročitate,
you put it aside.
dođete do kraja poglavlja,
you get to the end of a chapter,
želite li nastaviti.
whether you want to continue.
nakon nekog vremena ona završava,
eventually the show would end,
do sljedećeg nastavka.
until the next one came.
gdje tog prekida nema.
is such that there are no stopping cues.
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
all sorts of other sources,
i sve vrste drugih izvora,
from Western Europe,
iz zapadne Europe
of pretty good ideas in the workplace.
za radno okruženje.
Ovo je nizozemska tvrtka za dizajn.
This is a Dutch design firm.
is rigged the desks to the ceiling.
or what you're doing,
turns into a yoga studio,
se pretvara u studio za jogu,
you stick around for.
što ćete od toga odabrati.
imaju jednu drugu odličnu strategiju.
they've got another great strategy.
"This person's on vacation,
stoga smo izbrisali vašu poruku."
so we've deleted your email.
koju ste upravo poslali."
the email you just sent."
za nekoliko tjedana,
and you're actually on vacation.
kod kuće, u vlastitom životu,
at home in our own lives,
neću koristiti svoj telefon.
I'm going to not use my phone.
looks different on different days.
izgledaju različito u različite dane.
koje su svakodnevne,
that happen every day,
I will never use my phone at the table.
nikada neću koristiti telefon za stolom.
at resisting temptation.
svaki puta kada večera počinje,
that, every time dinner begins,
kao kod odvikavanja od droga,
the same way you would from a drug,
more colorful, richer,
živopisniji, bogatiji,
who are there with you.
because when people do this --
jer kad ljudi to počnu raditi --
who have tried this --
i prvi sat ujutro.
hour of the day in the morning.
na zrakoplovni način rada.
on airplane mode on the weekend.
but it's no longer a phone.
ali više nije telefon.
about their lives when they do this.
mnogo bolje osjećaju kada to naprave.
I've already said that,
to sam već rekao
driving down a really fast, long road,
niz zaista brzu, dugu cestu,
is mashed to the floor,
to reach the brake pedal.
say, the beautiful ocean scenes
uz predivne slike mora,
that's the easy thing to do --
to move the car to the side of the road,
kako biste stali u stranu,
under your feet,
zapljuskuje more.
and more meaningful
your phone in the car.
ostavili telefon u autu.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Alter - PsychologistWhat makes us incessantly check our phones? Adam Alter dives into the fascinating psychology that drives our tech addictions.
Why you should listen
Adam Alter's academic research focuses on judgment, decision-making and social psychology, with a particular interest in the sometimes surprising effects of subtle cues in the environment on human cognition and behavior.
He is the bestselling author of two books: Irresistible, which considers why so many people today are addicted to so many behaviors, from incessant smart phone and internet use to video game playing and online shopping, and Drunk Tank Pink, which investigates how hidden forces in the world around us shape our thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
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