How Social Media And AI Impacts Our Mental Health: Reclaiming Our Minds And Hearts And Healing A Divided World with Tobias Rose-Stockwell

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Acre, and Pendulum. The rise of social media has revolutionized the
way we connect, share information, and interact with one another.
While it has undoubtedly brought numerous benefits, there is
growing concern about its impact on our mental health.  Today
on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I’m excited to talk to Tobias
Rose-Stockwell about how the internet has broken our brains, what
we can do to fix it, and how to navigate this complex digital
landscape.  Tobias Rose-Stockwell is a writer, designer, and
media researcher whose work has been featured in major outlets such
as The Atlantic, WIRED, NPR, the BBC, CNN, and many others. His
research has been cited in the adoption of key interventions to
reduce toxicity and polarization within leading tech platforms. He
previously led humanitarian projects in Southeast Asia focused on
civil war reconstruction efforts, work for which he was honored
with an award from the 14th Dalai Lama. He lives in New York with
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more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber
version): The superpower that social media has provided to us (5:55
/ 4:21) How our traditional knowledge systems have been
deconstructed (7:39 / 5:15) The challenges of uncovering what is
true (12:43 / 10:18) How Tobais’s time in Cambodia led him to this
work (15:05 / 12:42) The harms of social media (26:57 / 22:36)
Historical media disruptions (32:57 / 28:37) The dangers of
misinformation (35:27 / 31:06) Challenges and opportunities around
AI (42:09 / 37:58) How governments and platforms can reduce the
harms of social media (55:10 / 50:59) Individual actions to improve
the impact of social media (1:02:30 / 58:09) Get a copy of Outrage
Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy―And What
We Can Do About It.