TIL: mental and physical fatigue induced by social media

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Your Key Survival Skill for 2026: Critical Ignoring

A pioneering 2021 study found that just 30 minutes of phone scrolling tires us out psychologically, actually reducing our ability to exercise. One 2022 paper concluded that a half-hour of social-media use before training caused enough mental fatigue to affect the hand-eye coordination of elite volleyball players.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/critical-ignoring-social-media-7e236f52