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  • That's me eating lunch alone, without any technology and in total silence.

  • Let's rewind.

  • We're only about 10 minutes away from this retreat, and I'm feeling a bit nervous oddly.

  • I'm attempting to do three days of a total technology detox.

  • It's at a place called Bali Silent Retreat.

  • That's the GPS in bahasa.

  • And it isn't just about giving up your phone and gadgets, but also about giving up talking too.

  • Kind of like when you're about to go on a roller coaster, you know you gotta do it,

  • but you're not necessarily eager to do it.

  • And as part of this journey, I'm exploring how the increase in technology use has created an entire

  • new billion dollar industry of events and, ironically, apps aimed at helping us to unplug and chill out.

  • I'm definitely an extrovert so it will be weird not be able to talk.

  • My smartphone journey began back in 2007, when I got my very first iPhone.

  • But has our smartphone usage evolved into a smartphone addiction since then?

  • I wouldn't say I'm addicted to technology, but I've definitely noticed myself

  • using my phone more and more.

  • And in a hyper-connected world, can I even survive three days without my phone?

  • Netflix, Facebook, YouTube, Gmail, Google Docs, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Maps, Uber, Slack;

  • All of these kinds of apps that I'm so used to using.

  • A recent study found U.S. adults spend 10 hours and 30 minutes per day interacting with media.

  • We're pulling up. I'm nervous.

  • Why are you nervous?

  • I think because I like to talk.

  • I can tell.

  • Wow.

  • Social media has gone up dramatically for U.S. teens over the years.

  • And about two thirds of parents said they're concerned about their teen

  • spending too much time in front of screens.

  • Yet simultaneously, 36% of parents said they themselves spend too much time on their cell phone.

  • My phone has already gone down to 3G, it's like I'm transitioning to the start of this three day retreat.

  • While there's no denying the benefits smartphones have added to our lives,

  • what are the downsides of too much screen time?

  • One study found a higher rate of depression and anxiety among young adults

  • who engage many social media platforms, compared to those just using two.

  • Hi, hi!

  • The retreat costs me about $85 per night,

  • which includes vegetarian food mostly grown on or near the property.

  • I'm going to turn in my phone, my laptop and even this camera.

  • After this line, it's pretty much complete silence, so these are my last few words.

  • I don't know why I'm laughing, maybe I'm nervous.

  • I feel lost already.

  • And that's pretty much as far as the camera is allowed to go.

  • While I attempt three days of silence, let's go back to my trip to London,

  • where I began to explore the booming billion dollar mindfulness industry.

  • Tech fatigue, as it's called has inspired events worldwide focused on meditation and unplugging.

  • I'm at a wellness festival here in London

  • which has everything from yoga to panels on how to avoid burnout.

  • It's taking place over 24 hours, and naturally, it started at 6am with a sober rave.

  • I meet two attendees who live in London.

  • So, you both have cracked screens, I feel like that's a sign of a well-lived life.

  • Yeah, no, that's me out dancing.

  • Do you guys feel like you've become addicted to your phones in the last few years?

  • Yes, 100%.

  • It's really sad and it's the fact that I'm so aware of

  • how bad it is for you and how it's affecting everyone,

  • and I can have so many conversations about it, but yet I still am just as addicted.

  • Have you taken any steps to combat that?

  • I'll take a book out with me one day instead of my phone and try and distract myself from using it.

  • I'll put my phone on airplane mode every night at about 10:30

  • and know that I'm not going to use it until I wake up.

  • Both Apple and Google have introduced tools to help us track and limit the time we spend on our phones.

  • Sure, it's a bit paradoxical that these tech giants want us to

  • spend less time using their products and services.

  • But it's also an acknowledgement that yes, we are spending too much time on our phones.

  • What is the solution?

  • Maybe highlighting the negative effects of always being on your phone.

  • I know it can cause headaches, things like that, probably things that we can't even know.

  • There's so many things that they've come up with that are off-putting

  • but it hasn't really helped us though, has it?

  • I don't know what really would.

  • I think education, literally in primary school, you know how when we were young,

  • it was like, "Drugs, don't do drugs."

  • An electronic device though, isn't a drug.

  • Yet many people I speak to equate it as such.

  • Social media addiction releases dopamine from the brain and

  • that's the same as taking cocaine or being addicted to gambling.

  • This is Joseph Pack. He tells me he used to work 13 hours a day,

  • which resulted in him having multiple seizures. And he ended up in the hospital.

  • Social media companies and apps earn their keep really by keeping people engaged,

  • and if the apps are set up to keep people hooked in, that's going to create unbelievable addiction.

  • That incident inspired him to start a career where he now helps people prevent burnout.

  • His company provides mental resilience training and puts on workshops for remote organizations.

  • But how do we find a balance of using technology in a healthy and limited way?

  • We spoke to someone who thinks he's found a solution by using technology.

  • Rich Pierson is the co-founder and CEO of the meditation app, Headspace.

  • Technology can be used as a force for good,

  • but I'm not sure that we're using it correctly at the moment.

  • Smoking wasn't a weird thing back in the day.

  • We may look back at our smartphone usage and how we've used technology

  • in the same way that we've potentially looked at smoking.

  • The platform now boasts 45 million users.

  • Meditation and sleep apps have raised hundreds of millions of dollars.

  • I'm not sure that we fully understand the effects that all of this technology is having on us.

  • He says we need to have a healthier relationship with our devices.

  • But wait, his solution is on a phone,

  • and isn't our phone the thing that's causing us our issues in the first place?

  • The phone is just a piece of metal, plastic and glass.

  • So if it's sitting on the table, it's actually doing nothing to you.

  • It's just sitting there, it's an object.

  • But our relationship to it, I think is not quite right.

  • He hopes meditation eventually becomes as common to people

  • as, well, brushing their teeth every morning.

  • While his solution to a calmer self, is meditating daily through an app,

  • you'll recall I took a more extreme approach.

  • Let's go back to Bali to see how a complete and total digital detox affected me.

  • ...2, 1!

  • I did it, I can speak! Wow!

  • I think I lost my voice after three days I haven't spoken.

  • I wouldn't say I missed my phone that much at all to be honest, I really just missed

  • human interaction and music and movies and videos and stuff, but I didn't actually miss

  • the phone per say, I just think the phone is a tool that allows for all of those things.

  • I would instinctively reach for my phone because

  • I saw something I wanted to take a photo of and I couldn't.

  • Also, it was really hard not to constantly Google things, I had all these things come to mind like,

  • what is the population of Bali or what is the population of Indonesia.

  • I just had to sit with not knowing the answer, but I guess I can Google that now.

  • By day two, I really started to miss people and music.

  • I'm the kind of guy who always has music playing or walking to work with a podcast or music in my ear.

  • So the silence was starting to just be kind of boring.

  • Yes, the birds are chirping and that was nice, but I really just missed music.

  • Also on day two, I had a hard time at night falling asleep.

  • Usually when you can't fall asleep you can reach for your phone, watch YouTube or Netflix

  • or maybe even a meditation app that will help you fall asleep, but now I couldn't do any of that.

  • I just had to rely on myself and I reverted to actually counting sheep.

  • Day three for me was actually the hardest day.

  • By now I'm super bored, I miss interacting with people, I miss music, I miss stimulation, I miss screen time.

  • I know once I turn on my phone I'm going to fall back into that loop of news feeds,

  • and likes, and posting and retweets and that incessant stream of news and information.

  • I'm going to turn it on for the first time in 72 hours.

  • I kind of just want to turn off my phone and go back in.

  • But I'm also excited to see how my friends and family have been doing, I guess.

  • No it's true, I'm excited to move on. This I was a good experience.

  • The question is how do you discipline yourself to not spend too much time on these apps.

  • And it's hard.

  • Hey guys! Thanks so much for watching.

  • A few weeks after the retreat and I can't say that my screen time went down all that much.

  • So I want to know how do you unplug?

  • Let us know in the comments, and while you're at it subscribe to our channel.

  • We'll see you next time!

That's me eating lunch alone, without any technology and in total silence.

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テクも話もなし。3日間のデジタルデトックスに耐えられるか?| CNBCレポート (No tech, no talking: Can I survive a three-day digital detox? | CNBC Reports)

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    Summer に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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