Are We Actually Addicted To Our Phones? — With Nir Eyal

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a spirited debate over whether we're actually addicted to our phones, the ethics of app developers who use tricks to keep us coming back, and what to do about it. You can find Nir's books here: http://geni.us/Indistractable and http://geni.us/hooked Here's an Indistractable summary article: https://www.nirandfar.com/skill-of-the-future/ And a distraction guide: https://www.nirandfar.com/distractions/ And a schedule maker tool: https://nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.3	a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.
0:56.5	Neera Al is in the house.
0:57.9	He's the author of Hooked and Indistractable, two best-selling books that dig into all the
1:02.1	ways we get attached to apps and our phones and what to do about it.
1:07.0	Mir, welcome to the show.
1:07.9	Good to see you, man.
1:09.1	Hey, great to see you, Alex.
1:10.2	Thanks for having me.
1:16.2	It's great to have you here. I think the last time we spoke, well, we've spoken once in between just to talk about scheduling for this. But the last time we really talked, we were
1:19.6	at a crowded bar in New York City. And my book was about to come out. Yours had recently
1:27.0	come out. And had recently come out.
1:28.0	And then nothing's happened since.
1:30.0	It's been pretty calm across the globe.
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