# How to escape the smartphone doom loop

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNext 2025
- Speaker: Larz May
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/larz_may_how_to_escape_the_smartphone_doom_loop)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Larz May has spent a decade building digital wellness programs for young people, and she's discovered something quietly radical: the smartphone doom loop of screen dependence and anxiety is preventable, and joy (not restriction) is the way out. She makes the case for a different relationship with technology — for kids, parents and everyone in between — that starts with swapping screens for some analog fun. (This conversation is hosted by “TED Talks Daily” host Elise Hu.)

## Lectures

1. [How to escape the smartphone doom loop](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/larz_may_how_to_escape_the_smartphone_doom_loop/f4adf80dd4f3), 15 min (TED's player)