What I Learned from 10 Years of Digital Detox | Josh Misner | TEDxCoeurdalene

The average American currently spends nearly 7 hours a day staring at screens. Communication professor Josh Misner was one of those people until a shopping incident brought awareness about the harm screen addiction brings to relationships. In this eye-opening talk, he shares the most important lessons learned from a decade of Screen Free Saturdays. As an NIC alumnus, Josh is proud to work at the North Idaho College campus in Communication since 2008. Josh has spent a good portion of his life on college campuses. Along the way, he has earned a BA, MA, and PhD in communication and leadership studies. Currently, Josh's area of focus is centered in how mindful presence impacts interpersonal relationships.

In addition to being an educator, Josh also loves writing to help others, and he feels fortunate to have his work on mindfulness published in book, textbook, and article formats all over the world.

[FrankLucas]

The reason why this has not 10 mil views is because it doesn’t please googles interests...

[saroth]

This is interesting because it touches on a broader topic that I am very interested in, but do not see anyone addressing directly. That topic is, humans and extremes. Meaning, humans seem to struggle with moderation in almost all aspects of life. We do one thing to the extreme, realize it's not good, so we over correct and go the opposite extreme. Then we realize that's not the answer, and rinse and repeat. But we fail to seem to realize that it's the extremities we take things to that are harmful, not the things themselves. Moderation in everything is closer to the answer than one extreme over another. It's almost as if most humans are addicts/have that addiction drive, it's just not narcotic drugs that the majority become addicted to. But it can be even simpler than that. Take love and hate. Anyways, as always, thanks for the share Ted!

[rik-keymusic]

man, he can speak ! great talk. Another dopamine hit at 4 am because i needed a fix. I suddenly realize that i'm a dopamine addict... and as strange as it sounds, i really feel connected online because i live in a place with really un inspiring individuals who aren't really that intellectual so my go to place is youtube, its that place where all my virtual friends live who have no clue that i'm alive...

[luisespinosa]

Making a conscious decision to do an internet detox, i may have an addiction and this video just made me realize it

[bitsbard]

My favorite book on this topic is "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze. I highly recommend reading it if you're interested in practical advice around digital detoxing.

[devanshipandey]

I swear all of humanity needs to watch this

[xweesnawxx]

My husband is a student of his and that’s what brought me here. I’ve eavesdropped on many of his lectures and he really peaked my interest. I love that what he says actually has substance. My phone is a vice and it only became more obvious after I had our daughter, then I couldn’t spend as much time on my phone. I will keep trying to be better without an iPhone in my hand.

[samudrikamajumdar]

This is one of the best TedX Talk..The topic is very much needed to be discussed and the way he pitched out the topic and spoke its Amazing!!

[royadair]

Very enjoyable video ... Now I know through this gentleman's Digital detox problem that im not the only one going through this. Thank you for sharing and Ted X videos are educational.🙂

[Spika]

Time for me to start doing digital detoxing too. I am definitely someone who can't get anything done because I get way too easily distracted, and I feel computers and phones, etc are controlling me.

[kathybarnett]

thank you for your experience and telling others.

[crking]

Read his book. It's pretty amazing

[snickerbuckle]

I’m just mad that my screen time includes when I’m listening to an audio book as I sew.

[mohamedjamal]

I totally confirm the point of increased creativity..I quit social media and minimized the use of mobile phone ..one day out of boredom I created my neography in chinese-like 'alphabets' (coz I like chinese and japanese alphabets)I refined and memorised them by the evening I was able to write paragraphs using my beautiful Chinese japanese looking neography !! That is awesome ..in the past it would look very challenging and difficult to memorise alphabets of an exisiting language let alone creating a system that is new and personalised and be able to use it in a matter of hours !!

[SuccessMindset]

1. Emails on the phone
2. Relationships and phone
3. Screen free days
4. Screen addiction
5. Digital detox
6. The goal is to make intentional choices

[Victor.Hugo]

The best thing to tackle the addiction in my experience is to just put away your phone somewhere e.g. your car when you go home so that you don’t have the access to it

[kimmynight]

I thought not to watch until the end but it was really interesting in the beginning that I wanted to know more

[usmanasghar]

Its a great idea to start a digital detox on one day of weekend.

[KariFromYoutube]

This is how men should lead their families!

[pampoovey]

I know this is an ancient video but I find more and more people (the ones who silenced their phones in the 00s) putting their phones into DND unapologetically. I will get back to you when I find the time.