Gen Z turns to books and puzzles to reduce time spent doomscrolling
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[0:00] If the first thing you do after staring
[0:02] at a computer screen all day is to come
[0:04] home and turn on the TV or scroll social
[0:06] media, you might want to try something
[0:08] new. There's a new trend said to have
[0:09] healthier impacts on the brain. It's
[0:11] called brain stacking.
[0:18] On social media, creators are showing
[0:19] off what they call analog activities
[0:21] like doing sudokus or crosswords,
[0:23] writing in a journal, reading a book.
[0:25] Studies have shown stepping away from
[0:27] the internet, even in small doses, can
[0:29] positively affect your life. And this is
[0:31] the latest trend centered on digital
[0:33] detoxing. Mashable's digital culture
[0:36] editor, Crystal Bell, is here to talk to
[0:38] us all about it. So, break this down.
[0:40] And like some people