I Can’t Think!

I intentionally left my iCommunicationWithTheOutsideWorldDevice at home for a two day snowmobiling trip somewhere outside of Nowhere, Colorado.

No internet – No texts – No calls.

I was forced to focus on the relationships of who was actually there.
Never felt so good in my entire life.

Need proof of what is becoming of our brains ability to function in social overload…?

“Trying to drink from a firehose of information has harmful cognitive effects. And nowhere are those effects clearer, and more worrying, than in our ability to make smart, creative, successful decisions.”

“The research should give pause to anyone addicted to incoming texts and tweets. The booming science of decision making has shown that more information can lead to objectively poorer choices, and to choices that people come to regret.”

“If you think you’re a maximizer, the best prescription for you might be the “off” switch on your smart phone.”

[READ FULL] <— I Can’t Think! – Newsweek

Facebook is Dangerous

“Facebook is amazing because it feels like you’re doing something and you’re not doing anything. It’s the absence of doing something, but you feel gratified anyway.”

Haha – can you honestly say this with a straight face. Read more about this and the girl who sends 27.000 text messages a month in [Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction]

2011 is all about the documenting the dangers of facebook.
Facebook is my middle name.

Socialnomics Revisited

Always fun to look back at where we came from – only to predict where we are going. As you can see here though – we are still trying to get people caught up on the thinking of how powerful this engine is going to become.

Last Socialnomics Update

April Video Numbers

Americans watched 30.3 billion online videos in April 2010.

Nearly 178 million viewers watched an average of 171 videos per viewer during the month of April 2010. 96 of those came from Google sites (YouTube) and facebook raises to 5th on the list.

Average online video is now 4.4 minutes thanks to television continuing it’s crossover to the internets (Hulu).

March Video Numbers

Americans watched 31.2 billion online videos in March 2010. Back up from February.

Over 180 million viewers watched an average of 173.3 videos during the month of March 2010. 96 of those came from Google sites (YouTube) and facebook raises to 6th on the list.

The average Hulu viewer watched 26.7 videos, totaling 2.6 hours of video per viewer which kicks the average online video length to a whopping 4.3 minutes now.