You Will Wish You Watched This Before You Started Using Social Media | The Twisted Truth

This might be one of the most important videos I've edited in 2018. After everything that has been going on with the privacy crisis and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg going to Washington to speak with members of Congress, I felt that this video was timely. I think social media can be good but we must be careful with how we use it.

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Speakers in the video

Cal Newport
Mark Zuckerberg
Tristan Harris
Steven Kotler
Chamath Palihapitiya
Steve Bartlet

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These videos are transformative in a positive sense, I take clips from various sources to help create an atmospheric feeling that will help people in different situations in their life. Be it overcoming hard challenges, giving them more fuel in various sporting scenes or act as hope for those who need to hear encouraging words.
I also do not wish to use the heart of any piece of the work that would perhaps decrease the market value of the original content, if anything I hope to promote the content so that people can reach out and subsequently increase the market value. These videos are to educate people in an entertaining fashion. Given these are very short videos the short parts I use them to act as a catalyst to further reading.

[AbsoluteMotivation]

Hey everyone, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found some insight in some of the destructive behaviours that can be developed with excessive social media use. This was interesting for myself and my team to understand and learn more about.

I will say a couple of things. I really don't condone the hurtful things being said about Mark Zuckerberg's appearance, I know the thumbnail overdramatises the video. Many people are saying quite a lot of unsettling things and I get it you are like "he is rich, who cares", but that's not the point, bullying is bullying and saying hurtful things is bad. I hope you can see where I'm coming from. Doesn't matter if they are a billionaire or some outcast from some part of the world. This is not what we are about.

It's important to be critical of big companies and it's important to be fair and objective in your analysis.

I don't think Mark is a bad person or Facebook in general are bad or even social media but as Chamath says in the video, "if you feed the beast the beast will eat you." This is the most important point of the video.

I encourage you all to take a more nuanced approach to the video and not to view it has a pure condemnation, how we grow as a society and as people is to understand and use empathy.

For me the video serves as a cautionary tale as to what can happen when you go on autopilot mode and what can happen is that your time and attention is controlled by others. This isn't just about social media it is about anything in life.

Anyways, be kind. Be fair and objective. Speak your mind but respectfully, if you hate social media say it, if you love it say it. Share why you think so or don't.

The most important thing is that we engage in a dialogue together.

With love,
Nav

[davidm]

"When the service is free, the product being sold is YOU."

[Nolly]

Social Media Has Ruined Mindsets, Goals, Relationships, Patience, Motivation, Friendships, Confidence, And Communication.

[merielif]

I just deleted my social medias a few days ago, at first it's difficult because people around you use it and always talk about subjects that you have no idea what it's about, but it ends up being good not knowing because they are ridiculous things that add nothing to our lives. It's so good to see that people like me are realizing how much this can destroy our lives

[kkojzff]

"When everything is free, you are the product."

[mollypaterson]

the fact that everyone who deleted social media doesn’t regret it just goes to show how really unhealthy it is. how did we all manage to fall into this trap??

[gracenjuguna]

I hate when a friend visits my home and just sits there staring at their phone. I always wonder why they visited. And it happens a lot. I find it rude and frustrating. Now I understand it.

[SlakjeJasper]

✔ no social media
✔ all app notifications on mute
✔ actively training on-task-focus
✔ recovering

[gx]

i’ve never in my life left money on a youtube channel but this video is so powerful and necessary. this needs more attention. this is the truth of our lives now. phone addiction. sometimes i wish someone would hack every network out of existence so we could get back to what matters

[writtengrl]

the fact that this was made even before TIKTOK blew up makes it even scarier because now the problem is way worse

[ndleinahaystack]

This is scary. Social media seems to be the devils playground. We need to disconnect and really reconnect with one another.

[Munsaham_]

5 years ago, but this video is much needed in 23/24....

[bdkvvpw]

everything is addictive, food, alcohol, work, EVERYTHING...we need to master ourselves to master how to control our addiction and use it for our own good.... nothing can outwin a self-aware mind

[ogvdroreacts]

I deleted social media 6 days ago and I feel like there’s more hours in the day now it’s weird

[mrveryoutspoken]

Social media has made us so eager to "Show and tell" but there is beauty in privacy. Everything isn't meant to be on display. It's perfectly fine to keep some things for you

[vonnieclark]

Just deleted my social media 3 days ago and wow! I really do feel refreshed. The consistency of comparison, jealousy, seeing people’s drama, virtual stalking, etc. is so unhealthy. It’s hard for people to connect in person because brains are trained to post a status as opposed to meeting for lunch, talking on the phone, etc.

[filippareuter]

I quit social media over a week ago and I already now feel so much better then ever in my life. I have been dealing with depression since the age of 12 (9 years ago) and social media only made it worse. My love for reading and musik is coming back and I’m learning how to deal with being bored and I love it.

[pizzatime]

I miss the days of when social media wasn’t a thing

[miya]

Am I the only person that gets bored with social media? Even watching tv bores me after a while I just turn it off

[littleme]

Life was so much better colorful enjoyable before social media's existence