Your Phone Is Ruining Your Memory

The Motivated Mind by Scott Lynch

Nov 17, 202510:52Health

Every time we’re bored, we reach for it. The glowing rectangle. The endless scroll. But what if our phones aren’t just killing our focus, they’re quietly erasing our memory? In this video, I explore how constant distract...

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