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That there is not good evidence that screen time negatively effects well being was a surprise to me. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-01-15-technology-use-explai

• JadeNB 5y ago
  > That there is not good evidence that screen time negatively effects well being was a surprise to me. That shouldn't be taken as evidence of the opposite, though (not that you said that!).
  • exporectomy 5y ago
    This word "screen time" seems to be very poorly defined. I think the harmfulness surely strongly depends on what you're doing with the screen. Reading a book? Writing a book? Scrolling through social media?
    • vorpalhex 5y ago
      There are (at least) three ways to consider "harmful" too. + Looking at screens is actually just hard on your eyes. You can make this better (eye relief screens, less brightness, make sure to look away from screens occasionally, blink...) + Spending a whole bunch of time staring at a screen may be a sign something else is going on - anxiety, depression, etc. The screen isn't the cause, it's just a form of escapism. + "Vegging" where you endlessly scroll memes or tiktoks or whatever the cool kids are doing these days. It's not quite relaxing, but it's not beneficial either. Especially with social media, it can actually be really anxiety causing.
    • mcswell 5y ago
      I'm pretty sure scrolling through social media raises my blood pressure.