hey gohar how are you doc just give it to me straight is it bad all right so I looked at your reports and you've been diagnosed with a serious case of brain rot according to these numbers your attention span is less than 7even are you already on your phone can you cut that out what so as I was saying your attention span is less than 7 Seconds your screen time is longer than 7 hours and if you don't treat this condition H I don't know what to tell you can you at least tell me how
to treat it here just watch this video if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with brain rot this video is for you brain rot is a chronic condition that affects millions of students worldwide symptoms include having the attention span of a goldfish constantly checking your phone for new notifications filling Every Idle moment in your life with short form content and the worst symptom of them all not being able to focus without Subway Surfers playing on the side can I please have my phone back no keep listening fortunately I've helped thousands of students overcome
this condition but I need you to follow my advice care carefully and watch this video Until the End here's the harsh truth about brain Rob once you start it's very hard to stop social media isn't designed to give you content that's good for you it's designed to give you content it knows you're going to watch whether it's going to enhance your life in some way or detract from it most students trap themselves in what I call a brain rot cycle they'll engage with a few brain rot videos on the timeline triggering the algorithm to believe
hey this student likes brain rot so what does the algorithm do it serves the student even more brain rot and it becomes Comes This NeverEnding cycle that's why the first thing you need to do to treat your brain rot is something called an algorithm detox you need to train the algorithm to give you rich and fulfilling content what I like to call Brain nourishment the next time you see a cheap piece of content on the timeline I need you to hold down and press not interested you can also try to scroll by as fast as
possible just so the algorithm doesn't get the wrong idea but an algorithm detox isn't just about getting the algorithm to show you less bad content it's also about getting the algorithm to show you more good content so for example if you see an educational video feel free to like comment and even subscribe to the Creator I hope you're getting the hint but in all seriousness try to consume longer and richer media to not only fix your attention span but to signal to the algorithm that that's the kind of content that you like seek out documentaries
seek out podcasts be intentional about your media consumption the people who beat brain rot are intentional consumers and the people who brain rot beats are passive consumers they just go wherever the algorithm takes them if you don't know where to find richer content here are some of my favorite channels Vsauce veritasium Wendover Productions and Mark Rober my favorite podcast include Founders which is mostly for entrepreneurial people as well as how I built this which is also for entrepreneurial people if any of you have any science or History Podcast recommendations just drop them in the comments
so doing an algorithm detox is a great first step in treating your brain rot but it alone is not sufficient you can very much have a detoxified algorithm and still be glued to your phone that's why the second step in treating brain rot is setting boundaries technology has crept its way into every single corner of our Lives some Corners that it shouldn't even be exploring for example I have some friends who cannot take a shower without their phones oh yeah I do that all the time what I'm going to let that soak in for a
second no punen intended see now I understand bringing your phone to the bathroom actually even that is kind of weird in my opinion but taking it into the shower just signals a whole another level of dependence part of overcoming R rot is being able to easily transition between the digital world and the real world and loosening this crippling dependence on technology if you do not draw a clear line indicating where technology should and shouldn't be in your life it will constantly beg for your attention and pull you out of the present moment thankfully I'm pretty
sure that none of you are using your phones in the shower but I am sure you're using your phone in situations you shouldn't be whether that's dinner with family while doing homework or even in class setting boundaries is as simple as creating physical distance between you and technology and important situations for example unless you're using your phone as a calculator or as a timer keep it away from you while you're doing homework if you're in school maybe just keep your phone in your backpack that's actually one weird thing I did in high school I kept
my phone in my backpack instead of my pocket but it was great because I never felt tempted to use it during class now the harsh reality is nobody is going to enforce these boundaries for you you need not only the discipline but the self-respect to follow these rules that you set for yourself I have a question for you if your teacher tells you to do a homework assignment even if you really don't want to you're still going to do it right if your coach tells you to run a mile in the blistering heat even if
you're exhausted you're still going to do it right and if your parents tell you to throw out the garbage even if it's pouring outside you're still going to gladly do it right well maybe not gladly but you're still going to do it so when you tell yourself that you're going to put your phone away in Focus why don't you listen to yourself you need to hold yourself in as high regard as you do these other people in your life your ability to make a promise to yourself and keep that promise will not only help you
overcome brain rot but also succeed in every single area of your life dude it's not over yet let's face it we turn to brain rot whenever we're bored but if we're not bored then we won't turn to brain rot you need to find meaningful ways to fill the time whenever you're bored and one way to do so is by learning a new skill for example you can learn to program you can learn to play an instrument you can learn to Garden or you can even learn a new language which is where the sponsor of this
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going to continue to get more powerful over the coming years in ways that we can't even imagine and as this happens I imagine people will split into one of two groups those who use AI to supplement their mental Capac capacities and those who use AI as a mental crutch that's why before this technology gets any stronger I need you to lose the crutches well what does that mean I need you to stop over relying on technology at the expense of your own mental fortitude for example we'll lunge for our phones even to do the simplest
calculations quick what's 30% of 20 shoot um um um five did you really just say five other times we'll use AI to write these Sim list messages for example an email to a teacher quick can you tell me which sentence is grammatically correct and why the list of assignments are due next week or the list of assignments is due next week although using AI to write emails or to do mental math is not the end of the world we cannot become over Reliant otherwise we will just gradually weaken our abilities to do mental math to
write grammatically correct sentences and to articulate our thoughts a simple way to see this is to think of your brain as a muscle those moments when you're using your brain power to calculate something or stiff through your thoughts are the moments when you're strengthening your neural Pathways and embracing these mental challenges literally Alters the structure of your brain for example a 2004 study by Bogan deky found that learning to juggle increased gray matter in brain areas involved with visual motion processing another study in Frontiers in human Neuroscience found that older adults who underwent memory training
experienced increased cortical thickness in several brain areas parts of their brain literally got thicker now I'm not sitting here saying that you should renounce all technology and only rely on your mind for example I use AI all the time often to help with coding tasks and even writing tasks just make sure you're relying more on your actual intelligence instead of an artificial one he's low-key cooking yeah first off if you have made it to this point of the video congratulations it seems like you are already following the first tip now I have an observation and
you can tell me if you think I'm right or wrong but I believe that today's younger generation sucks at dealing with items this and look I've been guilty of this myself but hear me out if we have two free minutes in between classes we'll go on our phones if we have two free minutes before meeting we'll go on our phones and if we have a minute in between sets at the gym We'll go on our phones we have become hardwired to pull out our phones to fill up Every Idle moment of our existence and often
we're pulling our phone out for no other reason than to fill that moment it's not like we're pulling it out to respond to important texts or emails it's usually just to scroll through social media and get that instant dopamine hit if you are serious about curing your brain rot I need you to embrace idleness whenever you have a free moment take a deep breath stretch drink some water observe the environment around you try to be present in the moment I'm sure we're all extremely busy people running from one class to another from one meeting to
another these idle moments are a gift and they're few and far between instead of filling them with meaningless stimulation just try to cherish the moment if you don't take time to embrace the idol moments to just sit back and be present in the world around you life is going to go by like this and I'm not saying this to scare you you're young and have so much more life to live I just want to tell you now while you're still young so you can fully experience and feel where life takes you over the coming years
and decades dang wow Bros got me thinking too now so throughout this video I've been repeating one idea over and over use your phone less use your phone less use your phone less and at this point you might believe that brain rot is the result of using your phone to much now yes while that is a cause it's not the only cause brain rot is also the result of how you treat your body as a whole that's why in order to cure it you need to monitor the system let's start off with the most important
part of that system your diet you know how sugar makes your teeth rot well it also makes your brain rot in a way a 2022 study in neurology found that those who ate the most junk food had a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25% faster rate of executive function decline compared to those who ate the least amount of junk food to improve your brain health consume food that's rich in omega-3 fatty acids antioxidants and vitamins particularly B vitamins now this doesn't mean that eating fish and blueberries is going to turn you
into Einstein but numerous studies show that antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids can help slow the rate of cognitive decline in older adults now another important part of the system is physical exercise regular physical exercise has been shown to increase the size of the hippocampus the part of the brain brain involved in verbal memory and learning a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's disease found that older adults who engage in regular aerobic exercise had not only larger brain volumes but better cognitive function compared to their sedentary peers the key here is to fight brain route
with a holistic approach it's not just about using your phone less it's about nourishing your brain exercising your brain and taking care of your body it's not going to be easy and it's not going to be fast but I trust that all of you have the discipline to follow the advice in the video and overcome your brain rot once and for all you got that you know what to do now yeah I think I'm going to join goar's Discord and newsletter for more help oh and be sure to subscribe to gohar for more tips
