Can't Focus? It's Not Your Fault, You're Being Tricked. This is How. 

When you're so bad at focusing that you can't even focus on a video about why you can't focus and read the comment section instead. *Me*

It's so funny that every time I open RU-vid to watch something important, I always watch something else first. Sometimes I end up forgetting the important thing I wanted to watch.

Disabling notifications does not deprive you of anything, its a genuinely good idea to get out of the habit of being on your phone. You do not need up-to-the-second realtime data at all times. I may be the only one but I find all notifications to be really annoying. No dopamine, just anger , when the phone is dinging over and over while im trying to read or work ..

This actually made me feel a bit better about myself. Despite having ADHD, it seems I might actually be less distractible than most people are nowadays. I have a smartphone, but I can easily go all day without looking at it.

The irony is that even though we all watch youtube content that informs us against falling into these traps, what most of us end up doing is watching more of it while giving us a false sense of accomplishment and progress.

Thoughty2: "Humans have a very short attention span" *Posts a 23 min long video to explain how*

The part about Edward Bernays affected me deeply. After my mother died from lung cancer at 42 I found her diary from high school. It had an entry: "Smoked 3 Liberty Torches today." The devastation caused by this man is unbelievable. He wrote a book called "Propaganda" that any modern person should read. You will never look at your Dr., Minister, or "News" the same again. P.S. in later years he understood how much damage he had done.

On one hand, i clicked on this video instead of resuming work. But on the other hand, this might explain why i am a smarter and better worker. I'm not addicted to my phone, i hate the feeling of social media, and most normal advertisements don't really interest me at all. I'm not saying that i am better than others, i have my vices and pitfalls. But i'm not exactly the target audience for most of the information overload.

When I heard “8 seconds”, I realized I didn’t hear what came before it and had to go back 10 seconds.

The thumbnail says clickbait, but the video isn't clickbait. This is some weird voodoo reverse psychology his mustache must be doing.

It's funny that you put this up as it mirrors my views of the media. I gave away my TV and radio about 5 years ago and have never looked back. On social media I methodically block every advertiser that crops up, this way I have some control of it. On RU-vid as soon as ads come on I mute the sound and scroll down to look at what else I can watch. It's not a perfect system but my stress levels have dropped significantly since doing this, and no more watching the news as it is now a cess pit. The biggest thing I have done is go back to reading, reading actual books no computer no distractions and it is damned liberating.

So true. Every time i open youtube to search for something, i get suggestions of videos by thoughtytwo. I end up watching his videos and forget what i opened youtube for in the first place.

As soon as I became aware of clickbait tactics, they have the opposite effect on me. I'm repulsed by titles that don't give answers.

2:25 and I lost focus by scrolling down the comments, shame on me

Us oldies knew this as soon as the smart phone came out. We're now sitting back, sipping our tea saying, 'Told ya so...' I've watched the regression from being good people trying to do better, to becoming children obsessed with their genitals, skin colour, words they don't like and a story that the world is going to end soon. Children. I am so tired of dealing with children and their beliefs of pure fantasy.

Thanks for bringing this to an obvious point. As an artist, teacher and watchful paraprofessional, not only do I succumb to the equally obvious tendency to cover it with red marks and hand it back for a rewrite, I have wasted my life yet again. Go for it, Thoughty!,

I've gotten over most internet addiction but RU-vid is a tough one.

Greatest line of the greatest movie ever made Tron: The computers will start thinking and the people will stop.

I've had a strong sense of "looking at the bigger picture" since I was in my late 20s. I think I was forced to start doing this because of some layoffs, and other odd things that I thought were just "not right". So more and more I've looked at things with a birds eye view. THIS... has enabled me to filter through B.S. much more easily over time. While I DO still get distracted fairly frequently, I also can see through much MORE crap. And when I compare myself to others, I see that MOST others are terribly distracted MUCH more often. I'm VERY concerned for younger generations in general. Because they see this 'style' of communication as "normal"... and maybe always have.

IM HOOKED! 👀😵‍💫🥴 There is a very good reason why you are on your way to 10M+ subscribers, this video is one of them. 👍🏻

I lived the first 52 years of my life without a cellphone. I got one to use as a tool. I know that I can leave this thing home every now and then just to experience the freedom again of not being available. The world does not end without me

Honestly, I wish RU-vid had a recommendation section that wasn't chosen by my previous choices. I'd like some variety.

This guy does his research. I know a lot about this subject and he’s spot on.

This is one of the times I'm glad I'm old. I push, *haha* this stuff away from me and I don't jump every time an inanimate object wants to shove something down my throat. Screw notifications, I'm running my life on my time because I did it for four decades of my life anyway!

It is true that those companies keep making us hooked. But accepting us as helpless to control the attention is self fulfilling prophecy. There are ways we can control it, e.g practicing mindfulness, change our subconscious belief, etc. It's not easy, but eventually we are the only one who have control of our mind.

The first 20 seconds of the video is basically RU-vid in a Nutshell

I work night shift at a gas station , sometimes there's an hour or more between a customer even showing up . It takes me about an hour if I stretch it to do everything that I actually need to do in an 8 hour day . So rather than stare at bags of Doritos I pull out my phone and I watch thoughty2 videos

One things that's interesting is that while watching a single video we are overloaded with a lot of announcements which breaks the focus by itself, for example: you're super concentrated on the video information then... BAM! Look right now the new products of our shop, and this can be an obstacle by itself on the activation of dopamine and even a little bit of adrenaline, I can be wrong but it's just a point a view ( I haven't finished the video while I was writing this comment so please don't hate on me if he already talked about that)

Literally see this as I'm meant to be doing a college essay

Literally 5 minutes In I realized I hadn't paid attention to the last 20 seconds and had to rewind.

I love how Arran uses some of the very tricks he exposes, to get us all to watch this vid about those tricks.

When i lose my internet connection, i am very sharp and remember everything i have to do, organize tasks without effort, and can watch my collection of several hundred downloaded yt videos and notice all the little nuances and details in talks, sports vids, and memes. However when i have a connection im clueless and in a haze and cannot prioritize or schedule my day.

"That's one second less than a goldfish" OOF

cant wait until its 2060 and im able to focus for -32 seconds

You are an amazing individual . Thank you for your objectivity and deep research that creates a channel experience unlike any other. In todays world..... that is a monumental achievement !

You are right, I don't play along though. I never look at the notifications that still come through, despite turning the "push" notifications off. I simply clear them from my messages panel and then from the apps they are still in. I check texts, missed calls and social media messages for me, personally. I have multiple ongoing conversations happening at all times and it takes a little while to make my way through those. After that, I have several subscriptions to various RU-vid channels that are centered on particular subjects, from off-grid living on a shoestring to stealth camping. I'm very conscious of the time I give to all of these things and I have trained myself to put it down and return to the non-digital world 🌎 I have lived in all my life for the evening. Reading, writing and playing 6-string and bass guitar, mandolin and banjo, listening to all kinds of music and old-time radio shows, as well as watching the occasional movie or listening to an audio book easily fill the time adequately. And I can't leave out board games like Risk, Go and chess or brain games like math and word puzzles. My favorite is Risk but it takes so long to play, though that doesn't stop us. Some games can go on for days. I like to make my own distractions. Good video, enjoyable though I think most people are aware of these things for the most part. It's all good, solid information and identifies (exposes) the methodology behind this crazy-weird explosion of advertising and information gathering. The end-game doesn't seem like it will be favorable to society at all.

Sorry Thoughty, I really wanted to hear what you had to say but you lost me after 8 seconds...

haha jokes on you, I keep forgetting my phone in the other room for hours while I do homework, and I find it later with a million notifications and "15 missed calls from Mom".

This explains so much! Since childhood, I was always hyperfocused, or totally unfocused. Now, as a woman of a certain age, I have a terrible time remembering just about anything. Part of it may be some of the medications I'm on, BUT I listen to RU-vid all day look. I think I'm overloading my brain.

Wow, this was really eye opening. A lot of it I already took as true but the explanation of how dopamine is more of a tension that we relieve has made me understand my own behaviour more. It seems that to be healthy, any urge we get is a dopamine hit that we need to be able to deny, and sit with, in "uncomfortablilty." One more thing that should be taught in schools, so that we can understand ourselves better.

That's it! I'm building a faraday cage around a cave, and never leaving it again. Well, maybe I'll watch one more video first, I need to meet the man who pulled off the biggest scam in history.

I get adverts for tampons so as a bloke I know I'm doing something right to confuse their algorithms :)

I had to stop myself from scrolling through my feed as I listened to this. 30, with adhd, and yet I do feel I have a worse attention span now than when I was younger. I didn’t have a cell phone as a kid, didn’t have this little dopamine drip device with bear limitless content to entertain myself with.

For what it's worth, my adhd brain only lost focus 1.5 times during this 23 minute video which is rare but at the same time, I was supposed to be studying right now

Thoughty2 covers anything and everything, the more obscure the better. This channel was suggested to me because that's exactly where my interests reside.

It's not just focus...it's patience. I worked as a night auditor for 10 years at a major hotel. I also handled security when I had to...including training some aspects of the hotels security. Long story short, I gave a test after about a week of someone being hired. It was simple: "Go into the lobby, sit down, and do NOTHING for 10 minutes. Nothing. No cell phone checking, no reading magazines/newspapers, not talking...nothing. Just sit there. Ready...? GO!" .. Every single 20-something person failed except for one. The LONGEST time any of these kids managed to sit there and do nothing...are you ready? Ok, it was three minutes. Seriously. That's it. Shortest was about 30 seconds. It was CRAZY! And yes, this did make them do their job more poorly; shorter 'fuse' with difficult patrons or visitors, inability to wait to see if someone was up to shenanigan's, etc. The guy who passed? He had no cell phone. That was the only difference...well, he was also really smart. Always nice to have someone smart to talk to. :) .. Me? I have no cell phone. I also have security settings and browsers and whatnot for browsing the net that I don't see advert's. I am not on social media...no twitter, instagram, facebook, etc. Only RU-vid and BitChute, really. .. As for "click bait". I specifically avoid any title that doesn't say anything. For example, your video "This Animal Can Do Something That Shouldn't be Possible"...only reason I watched it was it was on auto-play and started next. Another example of your videos... "Don't Want to Ruin Your Life? Never Do These Things". Haven't watched it. On purpose. :) Why? Too non-specific. I'm not wasting my time with a 22 minutes video that I don't know I might find interesting. .. Then again... I'm guessing I'm not normal. That's fine. Everyone can be wrong, that's the most likely scenario. ;)

THIS IS THE GREATEST CHANNEL ON RU-vid! PERIOD!! AND YOU CANT CHANGE MY MIND

You learn something new every day, i didn't know there was a Nobel prize for economics.

When I was a boy, I thought myself stupid. Growing up on a very rural farm with none of the modern convinces, such as electric power or running water, garbage service, sewers, that sort of thing. When it was time to go to school we were off to the small 1 room school some 5 miles from our farm. While we were only rarely made to walk the distance, it was still a daily trip. Now for those who have no experience with a 1 room school, a short explanation is indeed in order. Our particular school was located in the middle of an area of the State formed by 5 brothers, when they passed on the area was split up between their children. So it was, nearly everyone in our school had the same last name. In a 1 room school, each class spends some time around the teachers desk, as the teacher gives them the lecture on their subject. Or course the entire school hears this subject being taught. This happens over and over as you climb the ladder of grades, sort of a preview of things to come and I always thought this helped with the education over all. In that school I made very good grades. Then came the year when my older sisters came of High School age. Since the nearest high school was some 25 miles from our farm over gravel an dirt roads, my folks decided to put the farm in the "soil bank" and find a place within driving distance. The first couple of years this worked out farily well as both sisters found places to live with relatives in town, my middle sister took a job as a baby sitter for a lady, her pay was room and board but dad thought it great, my eldest sister found a room at our granmothers house. Both girls took on night jobs at the local movie theatre, one selling tickets, the other popcorn. As things went along, we found that the haunting of the farm we were renting became a bit to bothersome and dad decided we needed to get the hell out of that place. Dad found us a rooming house that was owned by the same old man who owned the farm we had been renting. Mom, dad and my 2 sisters shared the combo living room/kitchen and one bedroom, I was given a room on the other side of the house which I shared with the fellow who washed dishes at the cafe where mom worked. Well to get to the point, I went from being the only one in the 5th grade in our one room school, to being one of 32 students in one of two rooms each filled with over 30 students in the 6th grade. This hit me like a brick shit house! I could not concentrate, I had no idea how to study since all my prior education was pretty much one on one with the teacher, here we fought for a it of attention from the teacher. I failed the 6th grade, and retook it in that town school. Well the second year in town, we had moved to a large house that we rented, dad hated to rent, said it was a damn waste of money, so he soon found a huge old house for sale on the wrong side of the tracks, where the water and sewer from the City never found their way across, and since it was in a different State nobody expected it to. We who lived on that side of town were considred roughians. I made it through the 7th and 8th grades with below average grades, and entered High School where I barly scratched through till falling in love with the true love of my life, while still a Junior. The spring of my Junior year, we were married, and I began my senior year in the fall. Well I knew I was failing my classes, and thought it was a waste of my time. After all here I was a married man going to school with a bunch of kids! So I dropped out and we moved to a nearby State where jobs were plentyfull and I went to work pumping gas at a truck stop, while my new wife served truckers coffee and chow at the cafe. This went on till Christmas when both our young minds suffered the agony of homesickness. After a night of drinking and crying for home, we decided to abandon our new life and move back home. When we got there, things had not changed. You could not buy a damn job, oh sure my wonderful wife found a job right off pouring coffee for the locals as the truck stop in townk but I found myself with no education, only a small list of jobs and with no income, my folks had to help us out. They had moved back to the main part of town since mom was in an auto accident that left her crippled to the point that an outdoor privy was out of the question, so they let us have the house on the wrong side of the tracks to live in while we got settled, and after a couple of months of total depression and trying to scrape by on what my wife made waiting tables I decided the only choice I had was to join the Army after all Vietnam was still going strong back in 1970 and they had thousands of jobs open, more opened each day with the death of more soldiers over there. I found I did very well in the Army schools which really paid off there. You see when assignments are passed out, the better your scores on the MOS tests, the higher the unit you could serve in. With my top scores, I was always at Brigade or at the least Group Headquarters. Well life went on, after the Army I joined the police force, again finding that I could make top scores at the police Academy. Following 24 years on the force, an accident put me on the disabled list. Workers Comp sent me to college where I found myself at the top of my class. The other students hated my test ability since I always killed the curve on the grading of tests and such. I graduated with a 4.0 gpa. I attribute my change in ability to learn to a couple of things. In the lower schools all I was interested was pussy and beer, when I was going to college, I knew my next career was dependent on my grades. Oh and ONE professor in college began his class (which was said to be the most difficult class in the entire college) by a lecture on how to study and take notes. This opened my eyes and I followed his advice to the letter. Well as things turned out, nobody wants a fresh college graduate, even with a 4.0 GPA when he is 55 years old. Ah well such is life. I recently lost the love of my life after 51 years of loving and living together. God how I miss my cute little girl, when we were wed she was 101 pounds and 5'0" When she was buried, she wore the same dress she wore on our wedding day. She held in her hand the gold plated rose I gave her one year before for our golden 50th wedding anniversary. Today is Valentines day, I had a rose to place on her grave but the temp is -30 degrees F right now, I think I will wait for another time to giver her that gift. Sorry for the book but somehow it makes me feel a bit better about life to talk this out, and I have so few friends left, they are dying off so quickly now what with Covid and old age.

For someone who has had a problem with actually watching an entire RU-vid video without being distracted or listening to it in the background while doing something else, I was actually able to watch this whole thing without doing anything else. This video actually did capture my attention but was actually able to keep it as it interests me so much (mainly because I have noticed a decline in my focus level and this helps explain what is going on causing this). This video was really well done. Kudos on a great video and for taking the time to do the research on the subject. Have a like and a sub!

Now that I understand this, I am now free to leave RU-vid and other media alone. I can ignore clickbait, advertising, and whatnought. My focus will steadily improve and I will make something of my life. Peace of mind and life satisfaction are within my grasp! Thanks, Thoughty2!

Focus is attention which is the intent directed placement of awareness. It has absolutely nothing to do with the brain. The problem is overloading of sensual inputs which distracts from mindfulness/reflection into things, objects, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings ... It shifts beings from spiritual development into states of sensuality (animals).

I start watching a video about losing focus and then, 20 seconds later I lose focus and I'm scrolling down to the comments. You too, huh?

*Me being a distractable person* Mustache man: It's not your fault Me: Oh nice, someone else to blame

Thank you, thankyou. I was becoming a RU-vid addict, checking multiple times a day for up-to-date information. Thanks to you, I now know that my RU-vid addiction was actually a curiosity addiction. Those clever bastards!

I have grown more and more picky with what I click on, simply because I find clickbait titles and thumbnails too obvious now and all sound and look the same. They actually repel me to watch a video or click on links. Thoughty2's videos, on the other hand, I've always found genuinely interesting and enlightening, so I had no issues clicking on this one :)

42: Targeted advertisement Me: Laughs in Adblocker Plus

9:43 "mainstream media and unreliable media" - Well, mainstream media is *also* unreliable itself.

It's interesting, his videos could be clickbait and yet you'd still learn so much from this man.

During my final years at work I couldn’t help notice how in a society where customers expect immediate attention from tradespeople, it’s their phoning them at the same time they’re about to get started on someone else’s job. Every morning the guys would hardly have squeezed a drill trigger & their phones began squeaking. The whole thing is now a vicious circle. Switch phones off & you’re met with grief when they finally get to you. The first 20 years beat the 2nd 20 years for being allowed to concentrate .

During this 23 minute video, I felt the need to check my phone 6 times. One time I actually did. My mind wandered off a few times too. And this is content that I find interesting! How do kids survive school these days?

Mate I'm watching this stoned, I'm getting nowhere near 8 seconds, took me about an hour and half to watch this video

My adhd brain gave this video, about a lack of focus, its total undivided attention. Love your content man

I've noticed that as well. Too many headlines screaming all at once when I hadn't even came online for a certain info. This better explained it and how it works. Thanks for the informative video👍

This video guilt tripped me into watching the entire thing. I feel like I'm obligated to give it my attention. Also, Bernays could possibly be one of the worst humans ever born. He's an unknown villian in history.

“Can’t focus? You’re being tricked. Here’s how” Me: proceeds to click on video being distracted

Funny thing is, twelve seconds in and I already opened the comments section... Thanks Thoughty2, this one was absolutely needed.

Dolores Cannon said she was a librarian in the Alexandria library when it burned down. She was basically a woman who gave many sessions of hypnosis to thousands of people, including the process of death or reborn. Her book which I started to read gives many details. It’s called Between death and life - Dolores Cannon

Well, this actually made me feel sick and gave me an intense urge to turn of my computer (something I will do as soon as I have posted this). At this point I figure that being traditionally bored with nothing to do might actually be better than being bored while distracted by trash on youtube. God I might have to actually have to draw or play the violin to entertain myself instead of wasting time on youtube or online discussions wondering why I can't motivate myself to do those things.

Before I click on a video on RU-vid, I consider whether I really want to actually watch it, and try to keep in mind that most titles are clickbaits. I think it works quite well.

Thank you! I pledged for you ebook today, I am looking forward to reading it!

As a child I would have "absence seizures", mostly in schools. If school got boring, my eye site got blury and my mind would drift off. I didn't do well in school. I flunked 5th grade twice. In 5th grade, I was walking down a hill on my way home from a Boys Scout meeting at night. A bunch of kids, rolled car tires down the hill. I got hit by a tire, and flew up in the air. I landed on my head, after the "absence seizure " when away. I graduated from high school and college. I still have a slight version of absence seizure, but it controlled. I go into extreme concentration. I worked as an Electrician, which at times requires concentration. During these times I would go into a trance like state

"Personally, you might be underslept, play to many videogames, or you might suffer from a condition like ADHD."OH GOD.

Funny. While going through a stressful time a few years back, I had left my phone at work a few times. I can't remember anyone who did not ask me with absolute incredulity how I managed to go 12 hours without my phone [most of which was sleeping]. 🤦‍♂️ I think back to that often and since then I typically leave my phone at home when I go out. Trust me, itll make you happier.

That's the reason I come to your videos everyday... Leaving my work to see how an Asteroid could kill me 1million years to come... Please make a video on the ultimate solution for this

This should be the final video of RU-vid as an experience. When do we stop? When should we stop?

Next video. "Gold fish have better brains than we are lead to believe" Honestly.

the 50's "tv will be the death of society!" computers "hold my beer" 🍻

Good books on this subject I've read: "the power of habbit", "the shallows"

In the age of the internet and digital technology, it has become increasingly challenging to maintain focus and attention on the things that truly matter. With an endless supply of content available at our fingertips, it's all too easy to get sidetracked by clickbait headlines and viral videos, losing sight of our goals and priorities in the process. The phenomenon of overreacting, or reacting impulsively and excessively to stimuli, is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, affecting individuals from all walks of life. The comments section of a RU-vid video is a prime example of the kind of distractions that can quickly pull us away from our intended purpose. As one commenter noted, "When you're so bad at focusing that you can't even focus on a video about why you can't focus and read the comment section instead." This speaks to the difficulty of controlling our attention in the face of competing demands for our time and energy. However, it's not just a matter of willpower or self-discipline. As another commenter pointed out, "The irony is that even though we all watch RU-vid content that informs us against falling into these traps, what most of us end up doing is watching more of it while giving us a false sense of accomplishment and progress." This highlights the insidious nature of digital distractions, which can hijack our attention and manipulate our emotions in ways that we may not even be aware of. Furthermore, as one commenter shared from personal experience, the ability to maintain focus and avoid distraction is not innate but rather a skill that can be developed through deliberate practice. "I gave a test after about a week of someone being hired. It was simple: 'Go into the lobby, sit down, and do NOTHING for 10 minutes. Nothing. No cell phone checking, no reading magazines/newspapers, not talking...nothing. Just sit there. Ready...? GO!' Every single 20-something person failed except for one." This anecdote underscores the importance of cultivating patience and self-control in an age where instant gratification is the norm. Finally, the comments also touched on the darker side of digital distractions, such as the role of Edward Bernays in manipulating public opinion through propaganda. As one commenter shared, "After my mother died from lung cancer at 42 I found her diary from high school. It had an entry: 'Smoked 3 Liberty Torches today.' The devastation caused by this man is unbelievable. He wrote a book called 'Propaganda' that any modern person should read. You will never look at your Dr., Minister, or 'News' the same again." This serves as a cautionary tale about the power of media to shape our beliefs and behavior, and the need for critical thinking and skepticism in the face of persuasive messaging. In conclusion, overreacting is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that requires a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. By recognizing the impact of digital distractions on our attention and emotions, developing our ability to focus and avoid impulsivity, and remaining vigilant against manipulation and propaganda, we can navigate this brave new world with greater clarity and purpose.

17:50 i have to disagree on this part. I spent somedays more time watching home page on youtube/netflix and keep thinking there is nothing to watch.

Weaponisation of psychology... love it. Also, I’m interested in helping people improve their ability to focus, but am using some of the techniques described in this video and relying on others to use the other techniques to find people who are interested in improving their ability to find a flow state and remain focused longer

As a deaf person I'm really thankful to your transcript .

Wow - that's quite a thorough breakdown, Thoughty!

"It's evolving, just backward." ~Pewdiepie

18:50 lol the way he said ""pleasurable little vibration"

Highlights: "You get a notification: Someone's liked your avocado toast!" and your perfect book cover, truly worthy of the 'legendary' descriptor. Thanks for keeping us smart by teaching us dumb stuff.

Good vid. I learned early on that click bait does not provide the alluded to information. So I never click on it. And targeted ads do not work on me because they come after I made my purchase and am no longer interested in the product. Even the yoyo who keeps trying to get me to contact them by imitating the people making these videos does not get any response from me.

Thoughty2 : the average focus duration has decreased Me with my adhd : *you guys can focus?*

"A pleasurable little vibration..." That is indeed irresistible.

We use our phone primarily to call and communicate but if your doing more unnecessary stuff then just bring a apple watch cellular if your having iphone and you want reduce screen on time on phone then a phone which has nothing to do but it is on wrist will result more productive.

I personally hate the way companies ask details just to look at their sites, so I always just refuse cookies etc and go without. I got rid of my mobile phone a few years ago (it was a very basic phone) best decision I ever made, I do run my own business but when I am out of the office I am out. Yes, I look at youtube, but I do my best to search what I want and not look often at what it wants me to. My interests are so varied youtube / face book can't keep up and just irritates me with the advertising which I never watch even when it wants me to I just have something else to deal with while the add runs. Good video thoughty2, also showed my 10yr old, she hates the idea of being less smart :)

"there is little you can do about it" bold words for someone within ADblocking distance

I finished Psychology and I wanted to open a business in the online sales domain for easy side business while I finish my preparation to become a psychotherapist. Started documenting and realized exactly what you said at around 8 minutes, that you have to use the same manipulation techniques to get attention to make it or else you will get lost in the majority and have no success. So I realized I cannot do that, I find it to be simply wrong, just having some knowledge doesn't mean I feel like I can use it for my profit. When I started learning about psychology and human behavior, I had this stage of life where I just tested every manipulation technique just to test its validity and explore the domain, and let me tell you it was fun and actually changed a bit of my personality finding that sort of power in daily life, but later on I found out that I was playing a bad game with life, and I understood the responsibility that comes with that kind of knowledge and the impact you can have on other people, and done right you can alter a person's actions by a lot. But it's shitty if you use this knowledge other than to help, and even there it depends on the scenario, because it's not always good to help people, it depends. Thing is, if you learn information about manipulation, don't forget your morality, and use it very wise. As for the marketing, to this extent, I find it a very shitty deal, because in my opinion if people need something they will buy it, if they don't, it's better if they don't, because of freedom, and using manipulating techniques is just mischievous. People should start focusing on making better choices, even financially, instead of just buying things because they are manipulated into that behavior. I wish whoever reads this a nice day ahead!

This video is not clickbait it's the knowledge of truth.💯

This is why I try to block or boycott RU-vid ads, it's too much and tiring. I also switch off my phone for an entire day, several times a week... and definitely disable all notifications!

"thow shalt not eat of that tree" "is that what God said?" the first clickbait in history, and its wonderful consequences.

I have noticed when I have things on my mind, when I'm watching a movie or a TV show that I stop paying attention to it often. It's like I fall asleep and wake up, I fall asleep and wake up, each time the show has been playing the whole time.

I just realized I started watching this video 2 years ago and I've come back to try and finish it.

I found this fascinating for about 8 secs. Then started thinking about what else Im missing on the net and there couldnt tell you what was said in the rest of this video. In fact Im typing this whilst hearing what 42 is saying yet ironicaly not processing any of it. Oh dear ?