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[00:00:22] Hello, hello, it's time to untangle ourselves with tangled,
[00:00:25] the telesurky space invites you to navigate more consciously through the world of social
[00:00:29] networks. Mysteries, dangers and applications on different digital
[00:00:33] platforms. Join us to understand alternatives in this virtual
[00:00:36] universe so that together we avoid getting lost in
[00:00:39] it.
[00:00:41] to algorithms designed to Let's be honest, who among us hasn't fallen into the temptation of a good
[00:00:45] video game? Whether on the console, on the computer or
[00:00:48] playing a quick game on the phone while waiting for the
[00:00:52] bus. And it's that the colors, the rewards and
[00:00:55] that feeling of disconnecting after a long day catches anyone.
[00:00:59] But beware, because nowadays just playing is no longer
[00:01:02] enough. The video game stopped being
[00:01:05] simply that control connected to the TV at
[00:01:08] home. What happens when a young person turns off the
[00:01:11] Epic Games perfected the console? Immediately opens Twitch or Kick to
[00:01:14] continue live streams for 8 hours straight, or enters TikTok and
[00:01:18] Instagram to devour hundreds of clips with the best
[00:01:22] plays, tricks and gossip of their favorite
[00:01:25] streamers. This 24/7 presence
[00:01:29] on social networks keeps the
[00:01:32] brain on a constant wheel of stimuli where
[00:01:36] the most outstanding content on the game literally never ends, and it's not just our
[00:01:39] impression, the data
[00:01:42] sectors continue to pay the cost of confirms it. According to a PW Research Center study,
[00:01:44] 85% of teenagers play video games
[00:01:48] and 41% do so every day. But there's a
[00:01:52] alarming fact: four out of 10 young people
[00:01:55] admit that screens and gaming are robbing them of crucial
[00:01:58] sleep hours. This phenomenon is normal
[00:02:02] in this new
[00:02:03] entangled episode.
[00:02:08] Did you know that spending endless
[00:02:11] the point on hours in front of screens is now officially a global health issue? It turns out that the
[00:02:15] World Health Organization formally included
[00:02:18] gaming disorder in the eleventh
[00:02:21] revision of its international classification of
[00:02:24] diseases. After being approved by the World Health Assembly in
[00:02:27] May 2019, it came into
[00:02:30] international force on January 1,
[00:02:33] 2022.
[00:02:35] But beware, don't be scared, this doesn't mean that playing a game with
[00:02:39] your friends on the weekend makes you a clinical
[00:02:42] patient. In fact, data from the WHO
[00:02:45] itself indicates that this disorder affects only a
[00:02:49] very small percentage of the global gaming population. Furthermore,
[00:02:53] specialists clarify that the condition does not depend only on the
[00:02:56] amount of hours you spend in front of the TV or phone,
[00:03:00] but on the persistent presence of three key
[00:03:03] warning signs, such as the inability to decide when to
[00:03:07] start, when to stop, or how many hours to dedicate to the
[00:03:10] game, a drastic change in priorities, and continuing to
[00:03:13] play relentlessly even when you are already suffering negative consequences
[00:03:17] in your daily life or mental
[00:03:19] health.
[00:03:21] As if that weren't enough, for doctors to issue a formal diagnosis,
[00:03:25] this behavioral pattern must
[00:03:27] hook you like real-life be maintained continuously for at least 12 months straight. In
[00:03:31] conclusion, playing to have fun, compete, and
[00:03:34] connect with other people is incredible, but the key is
[00:03:38] to make sure that the game doesn't end up playing
[00:03:41] you.
[00:03:46] And in our most searched segment, we scroll through the most viral of the
[00:03:50] week. Trends, scandals, memes
[00:03:53] or movements that set the web on fire and shook global
[00:03:57] searches. Curiosity, indignation. Digital
[00:04:00] FOMO, here we tell you everything unfiltered.
[00:04:02] The dispute between digital
[00:04:06] security, privacy and content control once again puts
[00:04:09] large technology platforms
[00:04:12] under the spotlight. Apple temporarily removed Telegram from
[00:04:15] its app store, a decision that reopened the
[00:04:19] debate about who should set the limits within digital
[00:04:22] ecosystems. From Cupertino, the measure
[00:04:26] responds to the need to guarantee security standards
[00:04:29] and prevent its platforms from being used for illicit
[00:04:33] activities. However, for Telegram, the
[00:04:36] challenge is to combat digital crimes without
[00:04:39] weakening the privacy of millions of users. Its founder
[00:04:43] Pavel Durov warns that extortion and fraud networks
[00:04:47] are constantly evolving and using increasingly
[00:04:51] sophisticated methods to evade automated detection
[00:04:55] systems, but also poses a key question:
[00:04:58] how far can moderation go without affecting the right to private
[00:05:02] communication? The episode exposes one of the great
[00:05:05] contradictions of the digital era. The same
[00:05:08] companies that promise to protect their
[00:05:10] but the design of the users concentrate an enormous power to decide which
[00:05:14] applications, content and services have
[00:05:17] access to the global market.
[00:05:21] Social networks have become an extension of the
[00:05:24] daily lives of millions of adolescents, but the debate about
[00:05:27] their effects at a key stage of human development remains
[00:05:31] open. Research by mental health specialists at the
[00:05:35] University of Milan, Bicocca, draws attention
[00:05:38] again to the possible impacts of early use of
[00:05:41] these platforms, especially between the ages of 10
[00:05:44] and 15, when the brain goes through an intense
[00:05:48] stage of transformation. The study indicates that constant exposure
[00:05:53] maintain attention to immediate reward systems
[00:05:57] can influence processes such as concentration, the search for
[00:06:00] social approval, and academic performance. Although its
[00:06:04] results are observational, they provide new elements to a
[00:06:08] discussion that is growing globally. Large technology companies
[00:06:11] defend that their platforms allow
[00:06:14] learning, communication, and access to new opportunities. However,
[00:06:18] critics warn that behind many digital
[00:06:21] tools there is a model based on capturing as much user
[00:06:25] time as possible. The challenge is not to reject
[00:06:29] technology, but to ask how to build more
[00:06:32] responsible digital environments for a generation
[00:06:35] whose brain is still developing.
[00:06:39] The universe of video games and streaming is no longer just for gamers
[00:06:42] locked in their dark room. Today it is
[00:06:46] a gigantic cultural and financial monster. We are talking about a
[00:06:50] multi-million dollar industry that grosses more than cinema and music
[00:06:53] combined. But among so many lights, consoles and
[00:06:57] live marathons, a question arises: are we facing healthy
[00:07:00] entertainment or an obsession that is reconfiguring
[00:07:04] our brain?
[00:07:07] a) just for fun,
[00:07:10] b) another unimportant fad,
[00:07:13] c) total and inevitable addiction, and
[00:07:16] d) it's a thin line that depends on the usage. Stay tuned to
[00:07:20] tangled to find out the answer.
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[00:09:14] Believe it or not, the most addictive video games and
[00:09:17] those with the most streamers are not necessarily those with the best
[00:09:21] graphics or the most complex stories. The industry
[00:09:25] has perfected the use of persuasive design and reward
[00:09:28] loops, to keep both players and
[00:09:32] audiences hooked. Here we tell you
[00:09:36] which titles lead the global lists of hours
[00:09:38] played and live streams on
[00:09:42] Twitch, Kick and YouTube.
[00:09:46] League of Legends.
[00:09:48] The giant of competitive
[00:09:52] addiction.
[00:09:54] This is the undisputed king of Esports. Its ranking
[00:09:58] system exploits ego and
[00:10:01] competitiveness, which leads players to chain 40-minute
[00:10:04] games for hours to climb
[00:10:08] ranks. Streamers accumulate hundreds of thousands of
[00:10:11] continuous viewers, and maintain massive audiences
[00:10:14] analyzing plays or suffering defeats live.
[00:10:18] Grand Theft Auto
[00:10:20] 5, the vice of roleplay.
[00:10:23] Despite being on the market for more than a decade,
[00:10:27] the roleplay server, where players
[00:10:30] play a character with a virtual life in real time,
[00:10:34] turns GTA V into an infinite interactive
[00:10:38] telenovela. Creators like Ibai, AuronPlay, or the
[00:10:41] biggest streamers in the United States, spend 8 to 12
[00:10:45] hours straight playing their characters,
[00:10:49] making the audience hooked on weekly stories
[00:10:52] as if it were a live TV
[00:10:55] series. Valorant and Counter-Strike
[00:10:59] 2. The adrenaline of tactical shooting.
[00:11:03] These offer ultra-precise shooting mechanics, where
[00:11:07] every millisecond counts. The feeling of overcoming an opponent in
[00:11:11] a one-on-one duel releases immediate peaks
[00:11:14] of dopamine. With these games, streamers have thousands of
[00:11:17] channels broadcasting simultaneously. Viewers
[00:11:20] not only watch the games for entertainment,
[00:11:24] but also to copy the tactics, positions, and
[00:11:27] configurations of the best players in the
[00:11:29] world. Fortnite, the king of
[00:11:33] FOMO.
[00:11:36] battle pass model and cultural integration. They constantly
[00:11:40] change the island, adding content from
[00:11:43] Marvel, anime, singers, and
[00:11:46] movies. If you don't play for a week, you miss the unique
[00:11:50] event of the year. It was the game that boosted streaming legends like
[00:11:53] Ninja and Clips. Its fast and colorful rhythm makes
[00:11:56] it extremely attractive for younger audiences on
[00:12:00] TikTok and Twitch.
[00:12:03] Roblox and Minecraft. Creation and
[00:12:05] socialization. More than video games, they are
[00:12:09] social interaction platforms. In Roblox,
[00:12:12] children do not play just one game, but millions of
[00:12:16] mini-games created by the community. In Minecraft,
[00:12:20] multiplayer servers and survival modes create
[00:12:23] addiction due to the sense of progression and
[00:12:26] community. These, without a doubt, dominate
[00:12:29] broadcasts focused on young audiences.
[00:12:33] Massive servers organized by creators like
[00:12:36] Permadeath or Tortillanland, in their time, have broken historical
[00:12:40] audience records. In this
[00:12:42] case, the creators not only conquered consoles, but
[00:12:46] built the perfect ecosystem for playing and watching others
[00:12:50] play to be practically the same. The key
[00:12:53] question is, do you play for fun or to stay on the
[00:13:07] platforms have taken video games to another
[00:13:10] level. We went from playing a game of Call of Duty
[00:13:14] to lying in bed and watching a content creator
[00:13:17] play it. But did you know this has a name? It's called
[00:13:20] 360-degree ecosystem, and today,
[00:13:23] behind the algorithm, your digital dictionary
[00:13:25] explains it: The 360-degree ecosystem
[00:13:29] is a digital gear where the video game is the main engine
[00:13:33] of a massive content wheel that literally never
[00:13:36] rests. The master trick of this machinery is that it has
[00:13:40] a perfect format for every moment of the day.
[00:13:44] On one hand, there are the marathon live streams on
[00:13:47] Twitch or YouTube, where GTA RP games
[00:13:52] soap operas, and the competitive tension of games like Valorant
[00:13:56] or LoL keeps you on the edge of your seat, suffering
[00:13:59] for every rank point. Meanwhile, all that madness is
[00:14:03] broken down into micro-content for
[00:14:05] TikToks, Reels, or Shorts. These 15-second
[00:14:09] clips with impossible plays, ridiculous
[00:14:11] trophies, or express tricks keep you glued to
[00:14:15] the game's universe without needing to touch a
[00:14:18] controller. This phenomenon transcends
[00:14:22] screens and completely takes over the school and
[00:14:25] social environment. The dances, inside jokes, and viral
[00:14:29] phrases become the language of the friend group, while
[00:14:32] having the best skins or a high rank becomes
[00:14:36] the greatest symbol of status. This is how
[00:14:39] we fall into the trap of total passive consumption, as
[00:14:43] it seems that more and more video games have stopped being a
[00:14:47] simple pastime to become the soundtrack and
[00:14:50] absolute center of daily life. But
[00:14:53] do we really enjoy them or do we fall into the trap of passive consumption?
[00:15:19] just lose honey, we'll lose food, and the most
[00:15:22] disturbing thing is that the solution they are creating is not
[00:15:26] to save them, but to replace them. The
[00:15:29] crisis is already here: pesticides, climate
[00:15:32] change, and habitat loss are emptying
[00:15:35] beehives across the planet. Without pollination, up to
[00:15:39] a third of what we eat could disappear, and
[00:15:43] faced with this void, technology responds with
[00:15:46] microdrones, pollinating robots, small
[00:15:49] robots designed to do the work of bees
[00:15:52] and keep entire crops
[00:15:55] alive. They are not simple drones; they operate with swarm
[00:15:59] intelligence, optical sensors, and precision
[00:16:01] systems capable of detecting flowers,
[00:16:04] transporting pollen, and coordinating with each other across
[00:16:08] enormous expanses of land. The promise is
[00:16:11] huge: protect agriculture and prevent a food
[00:16:15] crisis. But the ethical cost also
[00:16:18] weighs heavily. Is technology being used to save
[00:16:21] the planet or to justify its
[00:16:24] destruction? Because if the future of flowers depends
[00:16:28] more on silicon than on nature, perhaps
[00:16:31] it's something that no longer seems so much like
[00:17:00] The overheating of the oceans due to the extractive capitalist
[00:17:04] model, has unleashed the fury of the phenomenon known as
[00:17:10] an extreme event that severely punishes vulnerable communities,
[00:17:14] peasants and the working class. Will the popular
[00:17:19] the climate crisis? Learn more in
[00:17:23] realities,
[00:17:26] today only on
[00:17:28] Telesur,
[00:18:27] Sticking to the screen for endless marathons takes a
[00:18:31] brutal toll, but the cost changes depending on your
[00:18:34] role. While both end up with dry eyes, sore
[00:18:38] backs and shattered sleep due to blue light, the mental
[00:18:42] damage plays in bigger leagues.
[00:18:45] For the player, the marathon is a quick dopamine
[00:18:48] hit that makes real life boring, fuels
[00:18:51] frustration and pushes isolation. In contrast, for the
[00:18:55] streamer, the screen is a glass cage. Behind the millionaire
[00:18:58] income, the algorithm's pressure to stream 8 to 14
[00:19:02] hours daily has led the world's biggest
[00:19:05] creators to physical and mental exhaustion,
[00:19:09] demonstrating the real dangers of this practice: having
[00:19:12] to perform non-stop and live glued to the viewer counter generates
[00:19:16] burnout. And it's not theory, these are some cases where the
[00:19:20] weight of these platforms pushed streamers to their limits.
[00:19:24] Rubius had to stop short. Through an emotional
[00:19:27] video, he announced his temporary retirement, revealing it can
[00:19:30] break mental health. Squeezie,
[00:19:33] Lucas, an undisputed reference in the French
[00:19:37] and international scene who experienced the cost of burnout
[00:19:41] firsthand. The demand to combine marathon broadcasts
[00:19:44] with the production of mega-events led him to a state
[00:19:47] of severe chronic fatigue. Squeezie has
[00:19:50] become the visible face of overproduction burnout,
[00:19:53] demonstrating that taking a mandatory
[00:19:57] break is sometimes the only way out of extreme
[00:20:00] exhaustion. Pokimane.
[00:20:02] In September 2022,
[00:20:06] Imane Anys published a video on YouTube
[00:20:10] confessing that the pressure to maintain numbers and the need
[00:20:13] to broadcast every second of her life made her feel that
[00:20:17] she had no identity outside the screen. To avoid
[00:20:20] collapsing completely, she decided to drastically cut her streaming
[00:20:24] hours to just a couple of days a week. The definitive
[00:20:28] end of this stage came in early 2024
[00:20:31] when she announced the end of an era. She preferred not
[00:20:34] to renew her millionaire exclusivity contract with Twitch to
[00:20:38] free herself from the demands of the algorithm and finally
[00:20:42] prioritize her mental health. The big villain
[00:20:45] here is not just exhaustion,
[00:20:48] platforms themselves that punish rest. If a
[00:20:52] creator takes a couple of days or a few weeks off, they lose thousands
[00:20:55] of subscribers and the algorithm erases them from the
[00:20:58] map. This makes creators feel that stopping even
[00:21:02] for a single day destroys years of work, pushing them to
[00:21:05] stream non-stop.
[00:21:06] The
[00:21:12] time has come to answer the question of the week, but first
[00:21:15] let's remember it: are we facing healthy entertainment
[00:21:19] or an obsession that is reconfiguring our
[00:21:22] brain? If your answer was option d, it's a thin
[00:21:25] line that depends on the usage, you're right and I'll explain
[00:21:29] why. The giant leap in gaming
[00:21:32] happened not just because games now look like
[00:21:35] movies, but because the plan completely changed. We went
[00:21:39] from playing alone in our room to watching others play on
[00:21:42] platforms like Twitch or YouTube. Today, the hook is
[00:21:46] not just the game itself; it's the live chat.
[00:21:50] It creates an illusion of closeness so strong that you feel the streamer
[00:21:54] is a lifelong friend, generating enormous loyalty. If there's
[00:21:57] balance, this ecosystem has a brilliant side. The
[00:22:01] Fortnite maps or Discord servers have
[00:22:05] become the true public squares where young people
[00:22:08] gather to talk and socialize. Furthermore,
[00:22:11] it's proven that playing with moderation sharpens the mind,
[00:22:15] improves quick decision-making, and helps relieve
[00:22:18] daily stress. The real problem is that the
[00:22:22] line between having fun and getting hooked is
[00:22:25] extremely thin, because everything is
[00:22:28] designed to keep you from leaving. Random rewards,
[00:22:31] battle passes, and limited-time promotions play
[00:22:35] directly with dopamine and the anxiety of missing
[00:22:38] out. When this practice gets out of control, the consequences
[00:22:42] in real life are silently serious. Accustoming the
[00:22:46] brain to receive hyperactive stimuli in 15-second
[00:22:50] videos makes picking up a book or watching a 40-minute
[00:22:53] video feel unbearably boring. Moreover, watching your
[00:22:57] favorite creator win and succeed gives you a false
[00:23:00] sense of your own success, making you enjoy others'
[00:23:03] victories while neglecting your true goals. If you add
[00:23:07] sleepless nights to that, the result is a
[00:23:11] bomb of fatigue and anxiety.
[00:23:14] We are facing a very thin line that depends
[00:23:17] 100% on the use we give it. The
[00:23:21] video game itself is not the enemy. The trap is in
[00:23:24] giving it all our time and attention, even putting our
[00:23:27] own lives on
[00:23:28] pause.
[00:23:35] To avoid getting caught in the 360-degree loop, where the game
[00:23:39] goes from being a pastime to controlling your daily life, the key is not
[00:23:43] to forcibly turn off the digital world, but to break
[00:23:46] the chain of continuous stimulation. If this interests
[00:23:50] you, note these key tips to disarm the
[00:23:52] algorithm: take control of your
[00:23:55] alerts. Disable notifications from
[00:23:58] Twitch, Kick, TikTok, and YouTube. You decide when
[00:24:02] to enter, don't let the algorithm choose for you. Apply
[00:24:05] the 20-minute break. When you turn off your
[00:24:08] console, don't immediately jump to your phone. Walk,
[00:24:12] drink water, or stretch to stop the dopamine rush.
[00:24:14] Clean and diversify your
[00:24:18] feed. If you're interested in game clips,
[00:24:21] follow content on sports, music, or travel to
[00:24:25] reset what the app shows you. Disconnect with real
[00:24:29] life. Replace consumption by
[00:24:32] habit or boredom by making plans without screens, such
[00:24:36] as playing sports, reading, or going out with friends.
[00:24:39] Accompany younger people, don't prohibit. At
[00:24:43] home, extreme rules only generate rebellion. The
[00:24:47] goal with children and adolescents is to set clear limits, talk
[00:24:50] without judging, and teach self-control.
[00:24:54] In the end, disarming this digital loop is not about declaring
[00:24:57] war on technology, but about regaining control of our
[00:25:01] attention. The rise of video games and
[00:25:04] streaming is not a black and white issue. It's not about
[00:25:08] demonizing screens or pretending that nothing is happening.
[00:25:12] We are facing the new great entertainment industry,
[00:25:15] an incredible space to connect, compete, and
[00:25:19] build community.
[00:25:21] Now, when the persuasive design of applications,
[00:25:25] endless streams, and algorithms trap us
[00:25:29] in a 360-degree ecosystem, the line
[00:25:31] between healthy distraction and obsession becomes ridiculously
[00:25:35] thin. Therefore, the key is not to prohibit or
[00:25:38] completely disconnect, but to learn to consume with a cool
[00:25:42] head. The solution is to enjoy the game and your
[00:25:45] favorite creators with clear limits, without giving up control of
[00:25:49] time, rest, and real life to a system
[00:25:52] designed not to let us
[00:29:40] The military confrontation in West Asia has reached a critical turning
[00:29:43] point after Tehran formally rejected Washington's ceasefire proposal
[00:29:47] processed through the mediation of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-
[00:29:50] Saidi, whose nation Iraq is suffering a severe deterioration in its
[00:29:54] relations due to recent Anglo-American and
[00:29:57] Saudi bombings.