Adam Alter: Why our screens make us less happy
ئادهم ئهڵتهر: بۆچی شاشهكان وامان لێدهكهن كهمتر کەیفخۆش بین؟
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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an interesting rumor.
گوێم له پڕوپاگهندهیهكی سهیر بوو
of a large pet food company
گهورهی خۆراكی ئاژهڵان
shareholder's meeting
خاوهن پشكهكان
that if it was good enough for him,
ئهوان كه خواردنهكه بۆ ئهویش دهشێ
as "dogfooding,"
in the business world.
goes in and eats dog food,
و خۆراكی سهگ بخۆن
بهرههمهكانی خۆیان بهكاردهێنن
will use their own products
is when you find exceptions
كه تۆ ڕیزپهر
كهسانی ناو بزنس دهبینی
or people in businesses
بهكارناهێنن
where this happens in a common way,
پیشهسازی ئهمه ڕودهدات،
tech industry.
تهكنهلۆژیای سكرین.
when he was releasing the iPad,
دهركرد iPad
that was "extraordinary."
"نائاسایی"
you've ever had;
؛تاوهكو ئێستا بەکاریهاتووە
way better than a smartphone.
وه زۆریش باشتره له مۆبایلی زیرهك.
he was approached by a journalist
لێی نزیك بۆوه
that seemed like a sort of softball.
كه له جۆرێك سۆفت بۆل دهچوو
must love the iPad."
"ئايپادیان خۆش بوێت
really staggered the journalist.
ڕۆژنامهنوسهكهی سوڕماند.
"تائێستا بهكاریان نههێناوه.
our kids use at home."
سنوردار كردووه له ماڵهوه".
in the tech world.
له جیهانی تهكنهلۆژیا دا.
ههیه لهنزیك سیلیكۆن ڤالێ
quite near Silicon Valley
of the Peninsula,
وۆڵدۆرف له پێنیسوله
until the eighth grade.
تاوهكو پۆلی ٨.
ئهم قوتابخانهیه
of the kids who go there
Silicon Valley tech execs.
تهكنهلۆژیای سیلیكۆن ڤالێین
it was interesting and surprising,
what screens were doing to me
چی له من
خۆشهویستهكانم،
of screens on our lives.
لهسهر ژیانمان دهكۆڵمهوه.
on how much time they take from us,
سهر ئهو ههموو كاتهی لێمان دهروات،
what that time looks like.
لهسهر كاتهكانمان بهبێ ئهوه.
is the average 24-hour workday
كاركردنی ٢٤ سهعاتی
actually, only last week.
ههفتهی ڕابردوو
to eight hours a day;
تا ههشت سهعات دهخهوین:
but it hasn't changed much.
بهڵام زۆر نهگۆڕاوه.
to nine hours a day.
تا ده سهعات كار دهكهین.
and bathing and looking after kids --
چاوهدێری منداڵ
that make us individuals.
where we have close relationships,
لهوێ پهیوهندیه نزیكهكانمان،
where we get creative,
داهێنانهكانمان وهردهگرین،
ژیانمان ماناداربووه.
دهكهیت كه دهیڵێن
that happen in that white personal space.
كه له بۆشایه سپیهكه ڕودهدهن.
is taken up by screens across time.
بۆشایهی كاتمانی بردووه.
introduced the first iPhone.
یهكهم ئايفۆنى ناساند.
of that free time in front of our screens.
له بهرامبهر شاشهكانمان.
is where the magic happens.
ئهوشوێنهی جادوهكهی تێدا ڕودهدا.
له ئوسترالیا دهژین،
them to him is with screens.
15- 20 ساڵ لهوهو پێش
15 or 20 years ago
that comes from them.
پرسیار له خۆت بكهی:
that we're using?
ئاپانهی بهكاری دێنین؟
they're using them and say,
"چیدهكهیت ئێستا
about these apps --
exercise, weather, reading,
ئارامی،كهش وههوا وخوێندنهوه
minutes a day on each of these.
دهبهن لهگهڵ ئهمانه.
ئهوئاپانهی كه بێتاقهتیان دهكهن
them and say, "How do you feel?"
"ههست به چی دهكهی؟"
كهبهكاریان دێنن
on each of these.
on the apps that don't make us happy.
لهگهڵ ئهوئاپانهی دڵخۆشمان ناكهن.
so much time on these apps
زۆره بهكارهێنانی
بجوڵێین و ڕانەوەستین.
in the 20th century.
لە سەدەی 20 دا هەبوو.
that it's time to move on,
نیشانەیەکە بو ئەوەی بەرەو پیش بڕوین،
to do something different.
شتێكی جیاواز بكهی.
eventually you get to the end,
دهگهیه كۆتایهكهی،
you put it aside.
دهیخهیته لایهك.
you get to the end of a chapter,
دهگهیه دواین بهشی،
whether you want to continue.
ئهوهی بهردهوام بیت.
eventually the show would end,
ودهگاته كۆتای،
until the next one came.
تا بهرنامهیهكی دیكه دەربکەوێت.
له ههموو شوێنێكه.
is such that there are no stopping cues.
له ئێستادا هیچ وهستانێك نیه.
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
تویتهر، فهیسبوك، ئینستهگرام
all sorts of other sources,
from Western Europe,
له ئهوڕوپای ڕۆژئاوا،
of pretty good ideas in the workplace.
بیرۆكهی باش ههیه له شوێنی ئیشكردن.
This is a Dutch design firm.
دیزاینی كۆمپانیایهكی هۆڵهندیه.
is rigged the desks to the ceiling.
مێزهكان به بنمیچهكه.
or what you're doing,
وه چی دهكهیت
turns into a yoga studio,
دهبێته ستۆدیۆی یۆگا،
you stick around for.
كامیان ههڵدهبژێری.
هیچ كار نیه.
they've got another great strategy.
ئهڵمانی ستراتیژیهكی گرنگیان ههیه
"This person's on vacation,
"ئهم كهسه له پشووه"
so we've deleted your email.
كه ڕهش كراوهتهوه
the email you just sent."
"نابینێت كه ناردووته
چهند ههفتهیهكی تر"
and you're actually on vacation.
زۆرمان پێناڵێن
at home in our own lives,
I'm going to not use my phone.
مۆبایلهكهم بهكار ناهێنم.
looks different on different days.
ڕۆژێك وهك و یهك نیه.
شتی دیاری کراو دهكهم،
that happen every day,
ههموو ڕۆژێك ڕوودهدهن
بهكاری دهھێنم:
I will never use my phone at the table.
لەسەر مێزی خواردن بهكارناهێنم.
at resisting temptation.
فریوو دهخۆین
that, every time dinner begins,
ههمووكاتێ نانی ئێواره دهست پێ دهكات
the same way you would from a drug,
ئهوهی ههبووبهرامبهر بێهۆشكهر
more colorful, richer,
ڕهنگاوڕهنگتر ودهوڵهمهند تر دهكات
who are there with you.
لهگهڵ كهسانی دهورت
because when people do this --
كه خهڵك ئهمه دهكهن
who have tried this --
ههوڵی ئهمهیان داوه
hour of the day in the morning.
on airplane mode on the weekend.
فڕن له كۆتای ههفته
but it's no longer a phone.
ههیه بهڵام مۆبایل نیه
about their lives when they do this.
كه ئهمه دهكهن
I've already said that,
driving down a really fast, long road,
له خوارهوهی ڕێگایهكی زۆر درێژ و خێرا،
is mashed to the floor,
تێكهڵ بووه لهگهڵ ئهرزهكه،
to reach the brake pedal.
پایدهری برێكهكه.
say, the beautiful ocean scenes
لەبردەم دیمهنهكانی زهریای جوانهكه
that's the easy thing to do --
ئهمه شتێكی ئاسانه
to move the car to the side of the road,
لهلایهك ڕابگری و بیكوژێنیتهوه،
under your feet,
به گۆزینگهكانت بكات
and more meaningful
و مانادارتر دهبێت
ههناسه دهدهی،
لهناوئۆتۆمبیلهكه جێهێشتووه.
your phone in the car.
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.
Adam Alter | Speaker | TED.com