why people keep watching short videos

It is now rare to see someone not get addicted to watching short videos on their phone. 

I intuitively dislike this behavior because it shows one's weak self-control, also the body gesture one takes when watching videos is just not so classic.   But I am also addicted to it. How? I watch videos in the kitchen, while I am cooking and doing dishes. Also in the bathroom, while I am brushing my teeth and taking a shower. Also sometimes in bed, while the kids are sleeping. Roughly I spend 3 hours on video watching every day. 

Yesterday, as I was washing dishes for the first time in these two months without watching some video, I felt so peaceful, I started think about why people are so used to watching something on phone. 

These videos are straightforward with bold images and remarks that can easily activate people's perceived enjoyment and feeling of withdrawal. It is the easiest way for people to get instant pleasure. 

However, this kind of pleasure comes so quickly that it disappears quickly as well. So viewers have to repetitively go back to the videos to seek for more. 

One of the worst influences of short video addiction is that it robs people's independent thinking abilities. Think about why videos are made in the first place. Bloggers created videos to share or tell people things( ideas, knowledge, etc) to earn popularity and money.   Once people spend too much time watching these videos, their focus becomes shorter and shorter, and they barely find time to reflect on what they have watched before, because the videos are so short and the topics change every 30 seconds. Also, because too much time is spent on being educated and informed, less time is spent on self-reflection and researching. Ultimately, video watchers become blind and hollow. 

As Mary Doria Russell once said: How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking? 

How can we take care of our soul, listen to it and talk to it when the videos are constantly playing. Maybe it is time to turn off this video platform app and spend more silent time by myself.