#293 - Adam Alter - The Psychology Of Phone & Tech Addiction

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Adam Alter is a Professor of Marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business and an author.

Most adults report that they are within an arm's reach of their phone for 24 hours a day. Our devices have slotted themselves into our lives seamlessly, but controlling our screentime is becoming increasingly difficult.

Expect to learn the psychological tricks tech companies are using to keep you hooked, what Adam thinks the best strategies are to control screentime, what our concerns should be with VR technology, why cliffhangers are so powerful and much more...

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0:00.0	Oh, hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.6	My guest today is Adam Alter and we're talking about the psychology of phone and tech
0:08.4	addiction.
0:09.4	Most adults report that they are within an arm's reach of their phone 24 hours a day.
0:14.7	Our devices have slotted themselves into our lives seamlessly, but controlling our
0:19.2	screen time is becoming increasingly difficult.
0:22.4	So today, I expect to learn the psychological tricks tech companies are using to keep you
0:26.9	hooked.
0:27.9	Adam thinks the best strategies are to control screen time.
0:31.4	What our concerns should be with VR technology, why cliffhangers are so powerful and much
0:37.2	more.
0:38.2	I first read Adam's book a few years ago now and I heard him on Rogan towards the back
0:42.0	handle last year and just had to reach out.
0:44.0	I've loved his work for a long time.
0:45.5	I think it's very important for all of us to understand the different cognitive biases
0:50.8	and the weird quirks in our psychology that are being manipulated by a device that we
0:55.8	use more than anything else.
0:58.0	I really hope that today helps you to reframe your use of technology and your phone and
1:04.2	maybe you can take away some of the strategies and the techniques that me and Adam use to
1:08.0	control our screen use so that you can liberate a little bit more time and spend it in the
1:12.2	real world.
1:13.4	In other news, this episode of the podcast is brought to you by DW Aligners.
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