How to Quit the Internet (Dave Rubin) | Ep. 288

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode, Dave Rubin and I have a chat before we go off the grid for the month of August. As two people whose careers are intertwined with the internet and social media, we've found that a month disconnected from the noise of the worldwide web creates a fresh perspective and a clear focus on what's truly important in life. We also discuss: - How cell phones and the internet have become almost godlike over the last 20 years - Why a month offline creates more authentic, in-person interactions - Why you don't need a grand plan when you go off the grid; it could be catching up with friends or reading the books piled on your nightstand - And many more reasons why a month off the grid benefits the mind and soul! Sign up for my free course on St. Augustine's "Confessions"! SPONSORS Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ GIVING Patreon or Directly: https://pintswithaquinas.com/support/ This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer co-producer of the show. LINKS Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: https://www.strive21.com/ SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattfradd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd Gab: https://gab.com/mattfradd Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/pintswithaquinas MY BOOKS Get my NEW book "How To Be Happy: Saint Thomas' Secret To A Good Life," out now! Does God Exist: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9 Marian Consecration With Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4 The Porn Myth: https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx CONTACT Book me to speak: https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good day, good day and welcome to Pints with Aquinas. My name is Matt Fred, and today I have on the show Dave Rubin from The Rubin Report. You can check him out at Dave Rubin.com or just YouTube The Rubin Report. Today, however, we will not be speaking about politics or any of that sort of thing. We're going to be talking about taking the month of August off of the internet. This is something I started doing three years ago, and I find it hard to believe that I didn't know at the time that Dave also did this, but either way, Dave does the same thing. So today we're going to be talking about this month coming up and what we're looking forward to, what we're afraid of. And it'll also think be a help to you as you seek to regulate your life, you know, in terms of the internet. I think it's the cause of much anxiety in our lives, and we're beginning to realize this more and more. So even if you're not fortunate enough to give up an entire month, maybe there's something that you can be doing. Dave, good-gay-gaday. Matt, it's good to be with you. You know, I forgot that we started doing this totally independently of each other
0:38.0	because this will be my fifth year
0:40.3	going off the grid for all. you know I forgot that we started doing this totally independently of each other because
0:55.2	this will be my fifth year going off the grid for August so I'm one year ahead of you but for some
1:01.2	reason I thought it was somehow connected like you saw that I did it and started doing it but I love
1:05.3	the fact that you on your own having nothing to do with me also decided to do this you know in essence 30-day digital detox and then also nothing to do with me, also decided to do this, you know, in essence,
1:11.8	30-day digital detox. And then also happened to do it during August, which seems to me like
1:16.7	the right month to do it. But man, we got what, like five, six days left and then disappear.
1:22.4	Are you feeling as sort of anxiety? Because I am.
1:26.7	I don't think I'm feeling anxiety, but I am feeling like this week is just pressure
1:32.2	packed every minute that I have this week starting this morning when I woke up and I was up
1:38.0	real early this morning for some reason at like 5.30 a.m. and I was just like, bam, I've got
1:42.5	stuff to do. Yeah, between doing some extra shows, because we're going to put some content up in August because we don't want the shows, you know, we don't want the YouTube channel lessons to go dark because that can really screw you long term in the algorithm. So I'd prefer not to put anything up, to be honest with you. I would rather everyone take as much time off as possible,
2:01.3	but we obviously have to play a little bit of the YouTube game. So we're pre-taping some stuff. Actually, I just taped an interview with Eckartole about going off the grid. So we're going to put that up next week. And then I've got a lot going on with locals. So I'm just like, I'm in the groove this week. It's not anxiety. I don't have time for anxiety right now.
1:58.5	It's just like work, work, work. And that's why I do it, because then I have that month sitting right there. So you said this is your fifth August that you're going to be taking offline. When you decided to do it five years ago, why did you decide to do it? And what was it like first time around. Yeah, well, you know, right before we started the live stream, you told me that my hair was looking quite good today. And it partly is connected to my hair, actually, because as you may know, I wrote about it in Don't Burn this book, when I first started getting a lot of hate online, which I was not expecting to get. You know, I started saying, hey, you hey, we lefties. I was a lefty at the time.
2:52.8	We have to be more liberal. We have to defend free speech and enlightenment values. And I thought
2:57.1	everybody was going to be very open to that message. And I started giving some love from,
3:01.0	you know, the right side, let's say conservatives, but I didn't expect to get like an unending
3:06.7	torrent of hate from people on the left.
3:09.9	And that's what I was getting, mostly related to Twitter, but also Instagram to some degree
3:13.8	in Facebook and YouTube comments and everything else.
3:16.8	And I didn't realize that I wasn't dealing with my stress well, but I clearly wasn't because
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