Porn Free Radio, episode 193.

Welcome back to our discussion on digital minimalism by Cal Newport.

We started this conversation back in episode 192.

And the big takeaway from that episode was tech companies and new technology apps are

taking advantage of behavioral addiction. They are creating apps that engage us,

but not just engage us from their content point of view. They engage compulsivity and they play

off of some of our reward centers. Now, this isn't a surprise for anyone who's struggled with porn that we can be vulnerable

to this, but I think it's becoming more front page news as people are struggling with things like

addiction to their smartphone or addiction to social media. It's becoming more of a conversation.

And I think there's things that we can learn from Cal Newport's book about our recovery

from compulsivity related to pornography because the major way that we act out with porn these

days is through digital platforms, through the internet, through screens.

So I think some of the same tips that he talks about in terms of breaking your dependence on

technology, breaking through the digital clutter would apply to us going porn free.

And also, I think it's important to note that a lot of these platforms, a lot of these tools,

a lot of these devices that we use can be potentially unsafe for us.

Just because of the way that they're designed, they can make it easy for us to slide back

into compulsive behavior and then slide back into compulsive behavior with pornography.

So we'll get into that in a second.

We'll talk specifically today about practices and things you can do to break your

dependence on unhealthy technology.

But first, I want to shout out to everyone who listens to Porn Free Radio.

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