--- ## Highlights ### Screen time at young age linked to weaker development of executive function skills Key takeaways: - Increased screen time in young age linked to weaker development of brain regions responsible for executive function skills such as attention, impulse, inhibition and memory - Lack of cognitive training from screen time compared to book reading in physical books Transcript: Speaker 1 What they found is increased screen time at a young age was associated with weaker development of the brain regions responsible for the executive function skills that cover attention, impulse, inhibition and some aspects of memory. So they're not getting the cognitive training that book reading in physical books gives you. ([Time 0:14:21](https://share.snipd.com/snip/4403e519-9f20-4ae6-9383-af467b508987)) ### The Impact of Social Media on Empathy and the Plasticity of the Brain Key takeaways: - Social media can create a digital Paleolithic tribe - Without effort, society may revert to old ways Transcript: Speaker 1 In other words, if you're bouncing around Twitter and social media and sub stack fights going back and forth, it's a digital Paleolithic tribe. And so exactly what wolf would predict if you don't do this effort that makes us more than what we used to be, we're going to go right back to what we used to be. ([Time 0:17:59](https://share.snipd.com/snip/4cc738ef-50c5-46ee-a305-f1bf7d996ac1)) ### Tips on how to read more effectively according to Ryan Holiday Summary: It puts you in the mindset of I'm not just reading the sentences. I want to actually try to extract information from these sentences. You're going to slow down. You're going to allow those purchase for thought that William James talked about that pause in between that allows you to say, hmm, what was said here reminds me of what was said there. Transcript: Speaker 1 It puts you in the mindset of I'm not just reading the sentences. I want to actually try to extract information from these sentences. You're going to slow down. You're going to allow those purchase for thought that William James talked about that pause in between that allows you to say, hmm, what was said here reminds me of what was said there. ([Time 0:22:48](https://share.snipd.com/snip/2651e8d8-1a3a-4d4c-9d3e-f6c59f0c64ab)) Tips on how to read more effectively according to Ryan Holiday Key takeaways: - Reduce screen time as a default response to boredom. - Plan specific times for screen usage. - Avoid using screens as a quick fix for boredom or validation-seeking. Transcript: Speaker 1 The support all of this reading when it comes to your life with screens, especially phones and iPads, try to reduce the use of screens as a default response to boredom. That should be a planned thing. It's okay if you say tonight, I'm going to watch a show that I'm going to stream. Or there is a baseball game today. And at breakfast, I am going to check on this site, that site and this site to get the analysis of what happened there. That's perfectly fine. What you want to avoid is when I'm bored, whip this out. A tic-tac algorithm or Twitter social dynamic, show me some stuff that makes me feel big. ([Time 0:23:13](https://share.snipd.com/snip/a20b384e-1ba7-4c09-87e6-6b004dd1e02e))