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That specializes in screen addiction. >> whats all this stuff? >> these are just things people put up. >> digital media use improve the quality of your life? how does your digital media use impair the quality of your life? john came here seeking help. on the brink of suicide, he needed a way out. hes now one of five young adults undergoing a two-month digital detox. part of a therapy intensive program designed to help the most extreme cases. which more often than not tend to be men. >> was it a ...

After years of looking the other way, while reaping huge profits, something big is happening in the tech world. >> well, some of apples largest shareholders are urging them to combat smartphone addiction. >> theres concerns i have about the technology will continue to erode our attention span. >> silicon valley insiders and whistle-blowers are going to the media in droves to sound the alarm about what they see as an unregulated, out of control industry. >> youre exploiting a vulnerability in hum...

So go ahead and have a seat here. you are going to be doing the experiment on this computer. >> im at neuroscape, a lab in silicon valley that specializes in understanding the effects of technology on the brain. >> im just going to measure your physiology while you doing the test. >> a.j. is wiring me up with sensors that can detect microchanges in my skin. >> this is pick up really subtle stuff. >> a measure of stress. >> your job is to pay attention 100% to the task as best as you can while ig...

>> yeah. >> youre looking good. >> thank you all for being here. >> its a packed room. the biggest group of people john has spoken in front of in years. >> its johns presentation, so, take it away. >> all right. plan for maintaining life balance with technology, video games will be abstinence. i will be deleting the accounts here. console play will be abcity anthony. ill be using a flip phone. i wont have any games on my phone. >> he spent weeks drafting this document. it is meant to help him no...

>> get him. >> congrats. >> how do you feel? >> pretty good. >> it was awesome to hear. thank you for letting us be part of it. >> after this, john will move on to phase two, moving back into the real world. do you feel nervous at all about being out in the world again? >> there will be some tough times, since theres so much technology. but i made a lot of progress here. i think things are going to be a lot better now. >> move fast and break things, thats been the motto in silicon valley. but ...

The hardware devices. they can make them work in any number of ways. instead of having the defaults right now built to enable app developers to maximally addict you, they could actually change the design to be about maximally empowering people and protecting people, a more humane approach, and i think parents and kids will want this. >> concern is growing. especially when it comes to kids. and now even parents in silicon valley are spooked. >> okay. jesus, what do we go after 5? >> eight. >> eig...

That that will help set them up for whats to come as they get older. >> parents dont want their children to be machines. >> what is 10% of 13.5 ounces? >> they want their children to grow up and be good citizens of the world and when theyd spend time in front of screen they are not spending the time doing what is important for full body development. >> these kids are growing up free from the consequences of the tech industry theyre surrounded by. but what about kids like john who are already add...

>> doing okay? >> yeah. lets go inside. >> youre looking good. >> thank you-all for being here. >> its a packed room. the biggest group of people john has spoken in front of in years. >> its johns presentation, so take it away. >> all right. the plan for maintaining life without technology. video games will be absent. ill be deleting accounts here. the console will be absent. ill be using a foot phone and no games on my phone. >> he spent document. its a blueprint to help him from relapsing. >> ...

Nurture that because we feel that that will help set them up for whats to come as they get older. >> parents dont want their children to be machines. >> what is 10% of 13.5 ounces? >> they want their children to grow up and be good citizens of the world and when theyd spend time in front of screen they are not spending the time doing what is important for full body development. >> these kids are growing up free from the consequences of the tech industry theyre surrounded by. but what about kids ...

Breakthrough for john. >> are you feeling good about yourself? >> a little bit. >> i still havent seen you smile much. >> yeah. im -- i guess im working on the self-0 part, self compassion. thats probably the hardest part. >> just in general, what has technology cost you? >> like, my ambitions and goals and the things i wanted to do. playing basketball and academics. a lot of thats maybe not lost but its gone i guess. but then biggest thing would probably be relationships. even at home i wouldnt...