I think TikTok’s videos are just long enough to provide a quick dopamine hit over and over again, but too short to deliver any real substance.

You become like the lab rat hitting the lever over and over again to get a pleasure spike from the electrode wired to its brain.

I’ve found that my attention span and willpower have been decimated in the last few years. I can barely make it through a few pages of a book without reaching for my phone. I’m not sure if the (over)stimulation caused by apps like TikTok are the cause, but it seems plausible.