How infinite scrolling damages our brains - The Saturday Story

无限滚动如何损害我们的头脑——周六故事

The Story

2026-06-06

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What starts as a quick check of social media can quickly turn into an hour lost to scrolling. The culprit is infinite scroll, a feature once built for convenience that has become one of the most powerful tools ever created for holding our attention. In fact, it's now thought the average Brit will spend five years of their waking lives doomscrolling. So how did infinite scroll come to dominate our online lives and what is it doing to our brains? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Read by: Fleur Britten, contributor, The Times. Producer: Dave Creasey. Further reading: I created infinite scroll. Now I regret how it damages our brains We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Photo: Ilustration by Jasmine lee This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Most of us will have experienced it.

  • You pick up your phone for a quick look at social media,

  • only to look up an hour later, wondering where the time went.

  • That's thanks to something called Infinite Scroll, the technology behind modern social media,

  • and the biggest thief of your time and life.

  • It was invented in 2006 by software designer Aza Raskin as a simple way to make browsing easier.

  • Now, it's helped create the endless feeds that power Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and X.

  • 20 years later, even its creator says he regrets the impact it's had, with a new survey this week suggesting