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Doomscrolling: is it really worth five years of your one wild and precious life?
A new survey reveals the average person in Britain will spend 41,000 hours flicking idly between news apps and social media – and, in all likelihood, getting increasingly miserable
TL;DR
- A UK survey indicates that 36% of phone usage is unintentional, which includes doomscrolling.
- This unintentional scrolling can lead to spending an average of 1 hour and 26 minutes daily on upsetting content.
- Over a lifetime, this habit could amount to 41,000 hours, or approximately 4 years and 8 months.
- The article highlights that this time could be spent on more productive and fulfilling activities.
- It references a past 'doomscrolling reminder bot' and suggests AI could offer personalized solutions.