Is AI and Digital Dopamine Making Us Dumb? | Edie Raether | TEDxHickory

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An authority on the "Other AI - Augmented Intelligence", Edie addresses the silent addiction and killer, digital dopamine, which hijacks motivation and causes a short-circuit in the brain that deletes creativity, critical thinking and healthy decision-making. Tech gadgets and cell phones are convenient babysitters, fostering an addiction in toddlers with a similar brain scan as cocaine. With excessive screen time, anxiety, depression, suicide, obesity, violence and drug abuse have soared. Our disengagement from real people and real life, and the significant decline in IQ poses a threat to personal freedom. Detox strategies help reclaim our power and conscious choice for how AI can make us better and serve humanity well. An effervescent human catalyst, Edie Raether is a change strategist, brain trainer and international keynote speaker who has inspired thousands of associations and Fortune 500 companies on five continents. An authority on human potential, behavioral psychology and motivation, Edie is also a corporate consultant and performance coach who draws from a wide breath of experience as a psychotherapist, family counselor, occupational therapist, college professor and TV talk show host with ABC. A bestselling author, Edie has written seven books which have been published in numerous languages. She is a frequent resource for all media including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, NBC and Reuters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@SheyenneKreamer]

Edie speaks truth that some may not want to hear. However, it is still truth.

[@cartour8425]

Good speech

[@EdieRaether]

So glad you appreciated it. I am very committed to speaking on this until age 100!!