Dr Arthur Brooks
Dr Arthur Brooks
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Why technology has pulled us away from spending time outdoors?

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April 20, 2026

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In 2019, Veelex Group found that Americans took 1 billion fewer outings in nature than they did in 2008. Why is it that over the last 30 years, technology has pulled us away from spending time outdoors?

Today, the average child spends significantly less time playing outside. This is very different from how most of us grew up, and from how humans have lived for thousands of years.

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