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How to Escape the Smartphone Doom Loop | Larz May, Elise Hu | TED

Larissa May has spent a decade building digital wellness programs for young people, and she’s discovered something quietly radical: the smartphone doom loop of screen dependence and anxiety isn’t inevitable, and joy (not restriction) is the way out. She makes the case for a different relationship with technology — starting with swapping screens for some…

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Larissa May has spent a decade building digital wellness programs for young people, and she’s discovered something quietly radical: the smartphone doom loop of screen dependence and anxiety isn’t inevitable, and joy (not restriction) is the way out. She makes the case for a different relationship with technology — starting with swapping screens for some analog fun. (Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 10, 2025)

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27 Comments

  1. @apurvcr7

    July 30, 2026 at 11:03 am

    First one hereeee

  2. @Haeladriel

    July 30, 2026 at 11:04 am

    ❤❤

  3. @t__kirti91

    July 30, 2026 at 11:06 am

    Your videos help us alot❤

  4. @meanderinoranges

    July 30, 2026 at 11:07 am

    TED used to be a place I looked to for advice. Now it’s the last place I’d look to for advice. I only come here when I’m looking for a morbid laugh or facepalm.

  5. @windows_down

    July 30, 2026 at 11:17 am

    She practiced this massaged script for a LONG time in the mirror

  6. @jayfaujdar763

    July 30, 2026 at 11:22 am

    very good ideas but i think her accent is fake and it’s irritating

    • @BrassLock

      July 30, 2026 at 11:58 am

      You can getit transcribed and read by AI with a Yorkshire accent if you’d like. Would you prefer that, or a Russian male accent and pretend that Vladimir is speaking directly to you with his awful fake accent.

    • @jayfaujdar763

      July 30, 2026 at 8:38 pm

      ​@BrassLockthanks for the idea

  7. @colditzjb

    July 30, 2026 at 11:22 am

    I’ve seen some bad TED takes on AI recently, so this talk was refreshing to hear. As a dad and a scientist who studies digital health, this is the kind of work that gives me hope. We need more parents (and everyone) advancing these practices.

  8. @daledevernon56

    July 30, 2026 at 11:22 am

    I use technology including AI all the time and personally I don’t think technology is the problem I think it’s what you choose to consume with it that is.

    • @Stricken555

      July 30, 2026 at 12:35 pm

      Bot

    • @daledevernon56

      July 30, 2026 at 12:40 pm

      ​@Stricken555grow up.

    • @87392v

      July 31, 2026 at 12:46 pm

      If you use it regularly, AI makes critical thinking harder (bc you fall out of practice)

  9. @SawlinFerdous-x5m

    July 30, 2026 at 11:24 am

    ❤👍

  10. @BrassLock

    July 30, 2026 at 11:53 am

    That colour orange is very popular with monks and people in jail on remand.

    I’m surprised that American women love it too.

  11. @MileHighDriverGuy

    July 30, 2026 at 12:42 pm

    0:30 The only way you were seeing a psychiatrist every day was if you were admitted to an inpatient unit. 🙄

    Whatever you are selling, I ain’t buying…

    • @357Dejavu

      July 30, 2026 at 1:47 pm

      @MileHighDriverGuy hmm… I missed that but you are correct.

  12. @Avarice7D

    July 30, 2026 at 1:52 pm

    We definitely do not need more monitoring.

  13. @doubleuenbeeeh

    July 30, 2026 at 4:46 pm

    Going to the psychiatrist EVERY DAY????

  14. @ivanpetryk4740

    July 30, 2026 at 4:51 pm

    Watchin it at 2 am

  15. @doubleuenbeeeh

    July 30, 2026 at 4:51 pm

    “their lifes”

  16. @ExistentialWolf

    July 30, 2026 at 7:08 pm

    Hmm. 🌞🌦🌧⛈🌩⚡🌛💡🔥🏜🏝👁😗😘Beyond the spiritual realm of _electronics,_ and all that goes with that school of thought, is the subject of reason. Reason is predicated on your senses: Touch, taste, smell, hearing, sight, direction, and time. A computing device is more than scrolling, however, you accomplish most of the activities by doing so. We understand and posses reason for boundless opportunity. A _simple_ way to avoid the electronic tether is to put it down … and pick up something else – or simply close your eyes. [/😔]…}🌞

  17. @alex-boke

    July 30, 2026 at 8:32 pm

    How is that no one is talking about living under a rock?

  18. @Akakabuto80

    July 31, 2026 at 4:43 am

    ”God controls the world completely.” Then I’m not a fan of your god. Seems to be very sadistic. Or is all bad things happening to eg innocent children somebody else’s fault in a world your god controls all:/

  19. @thomasholmes9184

    July 31, 2026 at 7:54 am

    No wonder AI has no trouble replicating these cringey conversations for fake ads. This was the least human interaction I’ve seen for a while.

  20. @MehmetSanır-q7k2c

    July 31, 2026 at 6:28 pm

    Larissa May offers a crucial perspective on intentional technology use. The real challenge is not just limiting screen time, but reclaiming our capacity for deep reflection and presence in a hyper-connected world. True digital wellness begins when we treat our mind and time as sacred trusts rather than passive consumer goods.

  21. @slowenglishpodcasttv

    August 1, 2026 at 4:03 am

    Great talk! Simple tips like taking an AI-free day once a week are super practical.

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Neko Health raised $700M to scan your body. Is it worth it? | Equity Podcast

Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body scanner, while Function Health has also raised significant capital to build out its preventative-health platform. Why…

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Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body scanner, while Function Health has also raised significant capital to build out its preventative-health platform. Why are investors betting so big on this category?

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis talks with Farooq Abbasi, founder and general partner of Preface Ventures and an investor in Neko Health, about how Neko compares with other consumer-health startups. They discuss what has to happen for body scanning to become part of the broader healthcare system.

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12:03 Scaling from Sweden to the world (sorry, not SF yet)

14:20 The dark side of VC-backed health: subscribers, not patients

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CoreWeave CEO on New AI Products, Computing Demand

CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator discusses the launch of Forge, a new suite of development tools designed to help clients train and improve AI models, as the company seeks to broaden its offerings beyond the “neocloud” label. He speaks with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech” during the company’s first large-scale user conference in San Francisco. ——–…

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CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator discusses the launch of Forge, a new suite of development tools designed to help clients train and improve AI models, as the company seeks to broaden its offerings beyond the “neocloud” label. He speaks with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech” during the company’s first large-scale user conference in San Francisco.
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OpenAI Dev Day 2026: Everything Announced in 15 Minutes

OpenAI’s annual Dev Day 2026 introduced dots, which are AI agents within ChatGPT that can execute tasks on your behalf and even answer phone calls and text messages. CEO Sam Altman also introduced a faster and more powerful model called GPT-6.1 Sol for professional coding and work applications. Read more about OpenAI on CNET.com: OpenAI’s…

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OpenAI’s annual Dev Day 2026 introduced dots, which are AI agents within ChatGPT that can execute tasks on your behalf and even answer phone calls and text messages. CEO Sam Altman also introduced a faster and more powerful model called GPT-6.1 Sol for professional coding and work applications.

Read more about OpenAI on CNET.com:
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0:00 Introduction & Codex Updates
0:22 Introducing AI Agents: Dots
1:18 How Dots Delegate & Automate Work
1:37 ChatGPT Space: Team & Agent Collaboration
3:06 Live Demo: Dots in Action
4:15 Hands-Free Catchup & Voice Features
4:53 Live Demo: Working inside ChatGPT Space
6:04 Integrating Dots into Slack & Workflows
7:56 Specialist Dots & Enterprise Availability
8:52 Launching GPT 6.1 Soul & UltraFast Speed
10:14 Decisions API & Luna Model
10:55 Codex in the Cloud & 3D Interactive World Demo
12:23 Refreshed Codex CLI & Real-time App Building
13:38 Autonomous Browser Control & Robotics Demo
13:51 OpenAI Marketplace Launch & Wrap-up

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