Why You Should Quit Social Media

In this roughly thirteen-minute talk at TEDxTysons, Cal Newport — who has never held a personal social media account — challenges three common justifications people give for staying on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. He argues that time spent maintaining a social media presence is linked to less time available for harder-to-replicate, higher-value work and relationships, and that the perceived career necessity of a social media presence is often overstated. The talk does not address children specifically; it is aimed at a general adult audience weighing whether platform use serves their own stated goals. TechKids Foundation includes this talk as part of the broader public conversation about deliberate, limited platform use that informs the library's wider case for thoughtful technology habits, distinct from claims about children's screen use specifically.

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