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Loneliness on College & University Campuses - Gen Z's Crisis
Loneliness is a huge issue in our modern society. We have somehow managed to be more connected than ever, but less connected than ever. Much of it can be attributed to addictive or destructive nature of social media platforms. Some researchers noticed this problem on College and University campuses and decided to do something about it, and what they learned was very interesting.
Here are some links to the articles cited in the video:
Surgeon General Report: www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf
Addictive Features of Social Media Paper: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6679162/
Boredom and Internet Addiction Paper: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10513058/
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0:00 Intro
0:17 1. A Wicked Problem
1:12 2. Algorithmic Destruction
3:43 3. Boredom's Cure
6:06 4. The Loneliest Generation
7:10 5. Hope and Grit - How Human Centered Product Design Enhanced Student Mental Health
7:58 6. Student Expectations vs. Reality
11:52 7. Tech For Good
16:29 8. Lonely Jobs
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How Educational YouTube Channels Make Money
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Why You Should ALWAYS Do It Yourself | Learn Practical Skills
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How to Network to Find Your Dream Career
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Military FORCE Test, Am I Fit Enough to Join?
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I have been training using the Canadian Military Pre-BMT (Basic Military Training) and I just finished my 12th week of that program so I wanted to give the FORCEs evaluation a try. I'm going to continue training this year and improve my fitness level and give it another go later, round 2 should be fun. Here are some resources if you were interested in trying yourself: cfmws.ca/sport-fitness-rec...
How to Plan a Successful Career or Business
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In this video I discuss why you should actually write down a plan for your life and your career. If you are feeling lost or unsure of what your next steps are, this video is for you. I also throw in some tips on tricks on business and career goals. Ali Abdaal Video: ua-cam.com/video/FYU-4NOnLDY/v-deo.htmlsi=U_48oIKJnxe_s5Au Thank you very much for giving my your valuable attention. I would sinc...
Choosing a Career, it's Not Forever
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What if You Were a Business?
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Is There Really an Engineer and Trades Shortage?
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How to Survive Your 9-5 & Thrive!
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Work Friends? What the Research Indicates.
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Day In The Life Hunting for Toronto Apartments!
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From University Student to Franchise Owner of a BBQ Cleaning Business - Zach Gomes | #1
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Asking Strangers About Real Estate in Canada (#1)
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My YouTube Addiction and How I Crushed it
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My UA-cam Addiction and How I Crushed it
Canadian Real Estate To Crash 30%!
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Canadian Real Estate To Crash 30%!
Life Hack That Seems TOO Easy. | The Checklist Manifesto Review
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Life Hack That Seems TOO Easy. | The Checklist Manifesto Review
Will The Recession Ruin Tech Workers?
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Will The Recession Ruin Tech Workers?
Should You get a Masters or PhD in Engineering?
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Should You get a Masters or PhD in Engineering?
Day in the Life of a Mechatronics Engineering Student.
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Day in the Life of a Mechatronics Engineering Student.
I Created a Glove That Controls ROBOTS! (Flex Sensors and Accelerometer ADXL343)
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I Created a Glove That Controls ROBOTS! (Flex Sensors and Accelerometer ADXL343)
Is McMaster Mechatronics Engineering Any Good?!
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Is McMaster Mechatronics Engineering Any Good?!
Embedded Systems in 5 Minutes!
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Embedded Systems in 5 Minutes!
Do I Regret My Engineering Degree?
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Do I Regret My Engineering Degree?
Canadian Engineering Schools Tier List!
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Canadian Engineering Schools Tier List!
Why the NEW McMaster Student Residence is Taking FOREVER to Build!
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Why the NEW McMaster Student Residence is Taking FOREVER to Build!
Engineering Physics - The COOLEST Degree!
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Engineering Physics - The COOLEST Degree!
Revealing The MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS For Mechatronics!
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Revealing The MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS For Mechatronics!
Day in the Life of a McMaster Engineering IAI
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Day in the Life of a McMaster Engineering IAI
Computer Engineering! The BEST PAID Engineers?
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Computer Engineering! The BEST PAID Engineers?

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @GeoFry3
    @GeoFry3 18 годин тому

    Graduated in 2019 with a mech BA. Couldn't find a job as an engineer in Tamapa. Everyone wanted me as a technician, but not as an engineer. (20 years as an aircraft technician) I gave up after a year of looking. Worked in HVAC and controls for 3 years....as a technician. Thank God I didn't pay for the degree (GI Bill), but man, what a waste of time. Quit all together and started my own business for 2-3x the pay....as, you guessed, a technician. Corporate America can go blow a goat.

  • @CryptoChronix
    @CryptoChronix День тому

    Can I work in cybersecurity and in engineering?

  • @brettburnside1457
    @brettburnside1457 День тому

    I think too many young able-bodied people are hoping to skip low wage physical labor. They're going from the classroom to the office making 70K. Why? Because they can do math? You should have to physically earn it either through construction experience or military service. We are raising an entire generation of brats while illegals are sliding in to do the physical work. Disgusting!

  • @harryni8115
    @harryni8115 2 дні тому

    True

  • @nae252
    @nae252 4 дні тому

    Can I major in prosthetic limbs and other areas of biomedical equipment as well?

  • @wotizit
    @wotizit 4 дні тому

    It's the bausffs

  • @spectaclerock
    @spectaclerock 5 днів тому

    I know of 3 kinds of people for whom an engineering degree might be an ideal choice: 1) People who don't care if they become engineers, want the degree to prove their intelligence (or else just satisfy their curiosity for a few years) and know that they would be satisfied taking it with them into unrelated jobs. For these folks, it helps to have superb social skills and be able to sell oneself into anything in job interviews, even while holding an unrelated diploma. 2) People working as non-degreed engineers, who are obtaining the diploma as a prerequisite to job security or advancement in their companies. 3) Preeminent child geniuses who do things like learn the periodic table of elements at age 4, finish reading Isaac Newton's Principia before age 12, and build hydrogen fusion reactors as teenagers. I mean, youth whose ability to be selected for a technical job before 500 other capable applicants really couldn't be called into question, due to their science resumes even before college. Number 3 shouldn't really be a category, because the degree is even more suitable for a youth in category 3 if the youth is also in category 2 before adulthood. For everyone else, engineering degrees are a dreadful gamble.

  • @spectaclerock
    @spectaclerock 6 днів тому

    There's not a frozen chance in Hell that I would have done an electrical engineering degree if I had known I wouldn't be more hirable afterwards than I was before my freshman year (1998). After my graduation, it took me 14 years and a great deal more college education to find myself in my first full-time professional job. In the USA, NAFTA wrecked the economics of graduating with an engineering degree. NAFTA is one reason why I don't picture myself voting for a Democrat anytime too soon.

  • @swajihh
    @swajihh 8 днів тому

    Hello Oliver, I am choosing to study mechatronics engineering program at a college in canada, The issue is that as of now its not been accredited by the CEAB(Canadian Engineering Association Board) and they say that they will be eleigible to apply after the first batch of students have graduated. so my question is that Does the accreditation really matter alot? your reply would really help me, I am in a dilemma and i only have 2 days remaining to confirm my place!

  • @user-yu5ch4zu6d
    @user-yu5ch4zu6d 8 днів тому

    The biggest problem is that universities accept too many students who are actually not smart enough to be engineers. I graduated from our city's best high school, where most people's parents have decent positions like engineers, professors, doctors, government officers, and family business owners... After we graduated from college, almost everyone who chose an engineer major found an engineer position. Intelligence is the most hereditary feature of human beings, but lots of people wouldn't admit that...

  • @PerezDavid-Okoro-up3nl
    @PerezDavid-Okoro-up3nl 9 днів тому

    I will surely go for Computer Engineering

  • @Blue-Robin
    @Blue-Robin 11 днів тому

    did you blur the entire background so that rainbolt won't find you?

    • @OliverFoote
      @OliverFoote 9 днів тому

      Can't trust that guy, although I probably gave too much away already lol.

  • @burstfireno1617
    @burstfireno1617 11 днів тому

    Thx man subbed 👍

  • @JamesVestal-dz5qm
    @JamesVestal-dz5qm 11 днів тому

    I was underemployed for 2 years in engineering. We're pushing engineering degrees because conservatives like Daily Wire and Turning Point USA can profit off of videos of them schooling engineering students on college campuses who are being scammed. I've been thinking about this one, and we have a deeper spiritual crisis in the schools where men's lives aren't valued and protected.

  • @fahey7335
    @fahey7335 13 днів тому

    In US? Sure thing..try China, Russia, India, South Korea, Turkey, Irán or Brazil.

  • @picklerix6162
    @picklerix6162 14 днів тому

    I see a lot of advertised engineering positions that want candidates to have ten years experience and know EVERYTHING which is totally unreasonable. Most of my coworkers are highly specialized and struggle acquiring new skills on their own.

  • @aquamarinedream8304
    @aquamarinedream8304 15 днів тому

    I'm very interested in embedded systems but due to limitations, am only able to pursue online schooling at this time. This limits me to a computer science degree, which I am interested in, but may not be the ideal path for this field. After getting my bscs what do you recommend I do next to be better prepared to move into embedded systems? I love electonics & both hardware & software.

  • @user-wk6zu5gd9e
    @user-wk6zu5gd9e 16 днів тому

    It is god damn hard

  • @nikhil8650
    @nikhil8650 16 днів тому

    Pursuing Eng.Physics in foreign:🗿 Pursuing Eng.physics in India:💀(Even IIT/NIT)

  • @Strider9655
    @Strider9655 16 днів тому

    Engineering doesn't pay that well when you consider you'll most likely be looking for a new job every 3-4 years as you finish a project and become surplus to requirements. If you do the math, spending a year unemployed for every 3 to 4 you spent working, means your engineering wage paid less than the average unqualified office worker. Basically once you've done what they want, you're just an expensive "attitude problem", one minute you're saying "no you can't build an airplane like that, people will die", next minute you're looking for a new job.

  • @drrmk
    @drrmk 16 днів тому

    Lol @ the sponsor

  • @danielallen9352
    @danielallen9352 17 днів тому

    Medical field has higher employment rates than stem. The best degree to get is an MD. Its near 100% employment rate because the american medical association limits the number of MD granting institutions in order to keep the employment rate so high.

    • @mecanuktutorials6476
      @mecanuktutorials6476 13 днів тому

      But that makes it unattainable for the majority. Even the top top students struggle to get accepted. Engineering was promoted for so long because it’s tied to industry. The shocking reality is that establishing an industry and running it are different things. Running a company’s operations does not require engineers for the most part, hence why there are only a few on staff compared to technicians and even office admins.

  • @loretacancela5297
    @loretacancela5297 18 днів тому

    Hey! Loved you video, I wanted to ask what you think about a Msc in Engineering Physics and the possibility of entering into the Aersopace sector. I'm between studying an Aeropace master and an Engineering Physics master mostly because I think that an Aerospace master could limit the possibility of working in other fields in the future.

  • @fishtailfred8686
    @fishtailfred8686 19 днів тому

    After you graduate go knock on the door of the small companies where they will let you become an engineer, avoid big companies where you will sit in a cubicle farm and only do one thing. Prioritize experience over pay, better money and opportunities will come when you have the experience. Be prepared to spend at least 2 years as a "designer" where you will actually learn to be an engineer. Always be curious, be nice to people you work with even if you don't like them, listen to your manufacturing team and contractors, some of them have really good ideas. Go where the work is.

  • @trapbois4573
    @trapbois4573 21 день тому

    Software engineer for 1 year over here, I can say that a college degree is absolutely useless. The universities are to be blamed. They bank on you being less skilled so you go back to college and spend more time taking useless classes. I’ve learned a huge chunk of software engineering is on the job. What people need in college is education followed by practical experience. I’ve also learned that it’s not only just coding something but really identify what is the impact of your project. Businesses want to make money, that’s why they hire engineers. If you work on projects that don’t have relevant impact and value to the company, why would they hire you? However universities definitely fail at this because they put you in classes that don’t really provide you relevant skills. I remember being in a class where we worked with low level code. I was just thinking what company is working with technologies like this? What it the chance I’m gonna end up on some legacy project?

  • @Mcs_Target
    @Mcs_Target 22 дні тому

    I tried getting an apprenticeship as a Millwright, they are just as bad about training and refuse to accept first and sometimes second year apprentices.

  • @gvsmani4810
    @gvsmani4810 22 дні тому

    Omgg,thank you for the information smart pretty guy 🌺🏞️,in my country engg science is really rare in our colleges, anyways..... I'm interested 😭🍀💖

  • @gvsmani4810
    @gvsmani4810 23 дні тому

    🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Man this engineering physics looks sooo coollllllllllll ahhhhhhhhg whatttttt are you kidding me,i now want engineering physicsss

  • @gvsmani4810
    @gvsmani4810 23 дні тому

    Omgggg engineering physics <3 🧫💖🎀❤️🛸

  • @gvsmani4810
    @gvsmani4810 23 дні тому

    WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

  • @bita.qorbani
    @bita.qorbani 23 дні тому

    It was really useful thanks

  • @khemkaslehrling3840
    @khemkaslehrling3840 23 дні тому

    In the U.S. the federal gov't employees tens of thousands of people in positions which require an engineering degree to obtain but not perform. This floods the market and retards pay.

  • @MondoLeStraka
    @MondoLeStraka 23 дні тому

    @3:25 Employers are unwilling to spend the money to train new graduates!! Many employers believe that graduates are supposed to be *trained specifically for the specific position* they are offering! Some employers believe the world revolves around their place of work!

    • @MondoLeStraka
      @MondoLeStraka 23 дні тому

      BTW, a Math or Physics degree they are a lot more broad and "everyone" if met who gets one of the degrees is gainfully employed.

  • @waverly2468
    @waverly2468 24 дні тому

    I sat in on electrical engineering classes at Cal State LA for 10 years. I'm glad I didn't take those classes for real since they cost $1500 each (and tuition is going up 30%) and I'm too old to start a career as an engineer. STEM is supposed to be hot but I suspect that if you want a career in the field you have to be willing to move anywhere. I guess that computer science is flooded now and nobody knows where it's going because of AI. I like one video from a CS student at Carnegie Mellon who said he dropped out after 2 years because it was too stressful and the classes in the 3rd and 4th years were really theoretical and wouldn't help you in a job.

  • @bradbarber799
    @bradbarber799 24 дні тому

    You could $1bil in a single day, maybe even a few hours. Couple private jets and an island "...AND ITS GONE!"

  • @theonaude7023
    @theonaude7023 24 дні тому

    Hey Oliver, love the video! Quick question, can a Mechatronics engineer work in electrical engineering fields? Of course, it depends on which field/ job you work for but how about electronics design? Do you think a Mechatronics engineer can work in this field? Regards Theo

  • @chaseyung1037
    @chaseyung1037 26 днів тому

    I love all these engineers and boomertards having meltdowns in the comments. You eggheads don't know shit about money and economics in the labor market. I'm a proud CPA/CFA!!!

  • @pabarrett
    @pabarrett 26 днів тому

    canada does not have quotas,nor Australia, the USA does

  • @pabarrett
    @pabarrett 26 днів тому

    If your a white male forget it, The EEO quotas mean that I have only been able to work as a contract engineer since 1995. California has extended the EEO to contractors so I can't work in California as a white male.

  • @kcgoni
    @kcgoni 27 днів тому

    thank you for the great advice dude!

  • @anthonyesparsen7776
    @anthonyesparsen7776 28 днів тому

    Thank you for telling the truth here we need to hear this

  • @anthonyesparsen7776
    @anthonyesparsen7776 28 днів тому

    This is very bad news meaning the degree is really not good investment

  • @rickswineberg
    @rickswineberg 29 днів тому

    Get a financial engineering degree 😅

  • @Pooua
    @Pooua 29 днів тому

    I'm glad that you made this video, because the USA has been dishonest about employment opportunities for several decades. I've pursued STEM degrees and employment since the '70s, and I have some observations about it. I first began noticing a problem when I took a correspondence course for Microcomputer Repair from McGraw-Hill's National Radio Institute. They had advertised that the US would need so many thousands of computer technicians and we were facing a shortfall. Oddly, I had difficulty finding employment. Also, oddly, McGraw-Hill doesn't offer those courses, anymore. Over time, I realized that we had a glut of people who liked tinkering with computers as a hobby, and they were happy having a job that pays them just enough so they can put a roof over their heads and maybe raise a family. It's difficult to compete with that. Next, I got a degree in Laser Electro-Optic Technology. This is a triple degree, a combination degree of lasers, electronics and optics. It required more training, more classes, more credit hours, than any other degree at my junior college apart from Registered Nurse. It was a long and difficult course that gave me hands-on experience with several thousands of dollars worth of laser equipment. I actually worked on and experimented with helium-neon, argon ion, nitrogen, Nd:YAG and semiconductor lasers, and various sensors and measuring tools as part of my degree. In the thirty-two years since I graduated with that degree, I've worked a total of four MONTHS as a laser technician. I tried to find employment as a laser technician for years! I never could, so now I'm a computer technician. Incidentally, both the state university and my junior college discontinued their LEOT degree programs about the time that I graduated. I spent three years earning a degree that makes an interesting hobby, but has been useless for employment. I've wanted to be an engineer and a scientist ever since childhood, so I finally enrolled in a college to pursue an engineering degree. I like all kinds of engineering, but I decided that computer engineering would be the most beneficial for me. In the four semesters in which I was enrolled in a Computer Science and Engineering degree program, I realized, about 1996, that most engineering graduates won't become engineers. All the companies that employ engineers claim that we have a shortfall of engineers, and, since we can't produce enough qualified engineers in the USA, we need to loosen visa restrictions so we can attract foreign engineers. I'm glad that you mentioned that earning an engineering degree costs about $100k, even in Canada. In contrast, an engineering degree in India can cost as little as $20k. Do you see why employers don't want to hire US citizens for engineering jobs? When employers make these claims about not having enough qualified engineers (or qualified anything else), they are lying. They really mean, they can't pay slave wages for these positions, because the education and certifications simply are too expensive when done in the West. That's why all the big tech companies are importing hundreds, even thousands, of foreign tech workers, especially from India. If you are a US citizen, you are competing against a sea of workers who will do your job for half what you could afford to accept. Thirty and more years ago, engineering was considered a high-paying job with a bright future, and lots of young people went into it for that reason. Now, careers in finance or entertainment have taken the place of engineering. Bright, young, ambitious US citizens go to work in finance, not engineering.

    • @mecanuktutorials6476
      @mecanuktutorials6476 13 днів тому

      Agreed with most points except the finance and entertainment bit. Working as an investment manager or on Wall Street or in Hollywood or TV has always been hyped. Very few actually make it as musicians or actors.

  • @nealkonneker6084
    @nealkonneker6084 29 днів тому

    Many companies hire engineers for jobs where no actual engineering takes place. I don't think engineers "ditch" engineering, they take a job that requires an engineering degree and then realize they are actually just paper pushers. The lesson for new engineers is that if you want to do engineering do your research to ensure the jobs you apply for are actually for engineering.

  • @titobandito1555
    @titobandito1555 Місяць тому

    I’m not an engineer yet but will be in 2 years. It’s a complicated problem but after talking to a lot of engineers who worked for defense companies the biggest thing is working throughout schooling for those companies and always checking their experience requirements. It’s an individuals responsibility to do everything in their power to get where they want to be and I believe it’s mostly the individuals fault. Companies follow the $. A lot of the old guys say many students they went through and graduated from engineering schools with didn’t get jobs they wanted because throughout the school they went 100% in classroom but didn’t do much work outside of that and needed more time to get started than engineers who knew more about hands on problem solving and applying knowledge so they could hit the ground running a lot sooner and making the company money sooner. Just an opinion

  • @theodorz2244
    @theodorz2244 Місяць тому

    Yeah, it's sad that the society doesn't see the prestige in trade jobs. There are a lot of very smart and hard working people working construction and all people think when they see them is that they are less ambitios and therefore lesser than an engineer. If we want a functioning society we need to lift the construction workers prestige!

  • @garrygrant2394
    @garrygrant2394 Місяць тому

    Worked as an Aerospace Engineer for a couple of years and the pay was crap in the UK even with years of experience, so did the classic and went into financial services and then moved abroad with lower tax so at least I could get ahead. We are problem solvers so use this skill get ahead regardless. It's one of the few degrees that has some value, but I would not get into massive debt for it. When I took my degree it was a fraction of the cost now.

  • @d.jensen5153
    @d.jensen5153 Місяць тому

    The best way I know to work as an engineer after university is to do engineering-like things before university. Too many people think school will teach them everything they need to know. And it might, if the student is primed to receive everything. _But you have to know the questions to recognize the answers._

  • @renchesandsords
    @renchesandsords Місяць тому

    I have 3 people in my relatively small friend group that have engineering degrees, one's a software dev, one's a teacher, and only one is working a engineering position