TMHS 434: How Social Media Affects Our Psychology & Why Our Phones Are Becoming Irresistible - With Guest Adam Alter

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

If you’re like most Americans, you probably have a few bad cell phone habits. Most of spend hours every day attached to our devices, with little to no boundaries or schedules. The thing is, this is no mistake. Our devices and apps are expertly engineered to alter our brain chemistry. So if you find yourself mindlessly refreshing the same apps over and over again or unconsciously reaching for your phone, it actually has little to do with your willpower and more to do with the efficacy of the product itself. Today’s guest, Adam Alter, literally wrote the book on how technology is designed to captivate our brains, override our willpower, and manipulate us into addictive behaviors. On today’s show, Adam is sharing the link between technology and addiction, and how we can take our control back. If you’re ready to break your bad digital habits and gain a deeper understanding of the psychological effects of technology, this episode of The Model Health Show is for you! In this episode you’ll discover: The average amount of time an adult in the US spends on their phone. How technology has been designed to hook us. Why your willpower is like a gas tank. How apps are designed to overcome your willpower. The smartest and most important feature that Facebook designed. How humans have evolved to be sensitive to negative emotions. What behavioral addiction is, and why all humans are susceptible. Why context matters when it comes to addiction. How virtual learning impacts our children. What digital amnesia is. Why boredom is an important for your creativity. Ways to better manage the use of your devices. How to create an environment that minimizes your technology exposure. What the opposite of screen time is. Items mentioned in this episode include: Themodelhealthshow.com/beekeepers — Get 15% off natural remedies! Themodelhealthshow.com/foursigmatic — Get 15% off your daily health elixirs! The Social Dilemma on Netflix TED Talk: Why Our Screens Make Us Less Happy by Adam Alter Irresistible by Adam Alter Intentionally Unplugged Connect with Adam Alter Website / Twitter * Download Transcript Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.0	For more, visit TheModelHealthShow.com.
0:12.0	Welcome to The Model Health Show.
0:13.0	This is Fitness and Nutrition expert, Sean Stevenson,
0:15.0	and I'm so grateful to be tuning in with me today.
0:18.0	I'm going to tell you right off the bat,
0:19.0	this is one of the most important episodes that we've ever done.
0:22.0	This is one of the most important topics of our time.
0:25.0	Right now, we are, in a sense, living in the future,
0:29.0	we're living in the time that we would see in movies many years ago,
0:33.0	where we can talk to somebody and see their face while we're talking to them
0:37.0	in a handheld portable device.
0:40.0	All right, we got like secret, super spy level stuff.
0:45.0	All of us, super computers right at our fingertips,
0:49.0	that have access to a world of infinite, infinite possibilities.
0:54.0	It's an incredible opportunity.
0:57.0	Incredible power.
0:59.0	But what said is that, with great power, comes great responsibility.
1:03.0	And right now, in many aspects,
1:05.0	many of us are unknowingly not taking responsibility for our interactions
1:09.0	with our technology devices.
1:11.0	And they've gotten their hooks into us,
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