Digital Addiction: Lured and Hooked on Technology by Design with Nir Eyal and Jordan Reid
Original Air Date Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Taking time away from our digital devices is not easy.
Each bell and ding of app notifications was designed to hook us and keep us engaged. Many people don’t realize that the more attention they pay to their devices the less time they are engaged in the present moment. But, putting our devices down, even for a minute can cause anxiety and depression. To find out how we can take back our time and focus our attention on the important parts of the human experience, Positive Psychology Podcast Host, Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with two authors who share their work about digital detox. Nir Eyal details his four strategies for becoming indistractable from his book, Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. And, returning guest Jordan Reid, shares excerpts from her family life that enticed her to write The Big Activity Book for Digital Detox.
- Nir explains his concept of Behavioral Design: how the seduction of technology has the ability to hijack our attention spans. [1:47]
- Identifying your addiction: are you a shamer, blamer, or claimer of distracting technology? [5:14]
- The 4 steps to becoming indistractable. [7:18]
- How Nir builds indistractable relationships and lives with personal integrity. [24:17]
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He’s also an active investor in habit-forming technologies.
Book: Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
- How to get yourself and your family off of devices during COVIDmania. [27:59]
- Strategies for finding a balance between real life and digital life. [32:17]
- Is the corona crisis unleashing our authentic selves or is this how we are in panic mode? [40:21]
- Jordan describes the research she is doing for her new book, The Big Activity Book for Divorced People. [48:00]
Jordan Reid is the founding editor of the lifestyle blog Ramshackle Glam and the author of two parenting and style memoirs. Her hobbies include creating unnecessary complications, insomnia, and maintaining an impressive collection of fake plants. She lives in California with her two children, twin orange cats, and a Roomba named Thanos.
Book: The Big Activity Book for Digital Detox
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“I think there is a constructive way to eliminate digital shaming.” @LisaKamen on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“When we look to our phones to find comfort, some of us are becoming more agitated and choosing to dial back.” @LisaKamen on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“There is a lot to rebound from when one door closes and another opens.” @LisaKamen on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“The idea behind my work is to use the psychology behind engaging products and services to build good habits. @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“The real source of distraction is that we are escaping something we don’t want to feel.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“Using an extrinsic reward as motivation has been shown to backfire.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“By making an implementation intention your only goal is to work on a task without distraction for a set period of time.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“We are so busy reacting all day long that we have no time for reflection. And, reflection is a competitive advantage in the workplace.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“Two-thirds of people with a smartphone never change their notification settings.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“We become indistractable when we say we are going to do one thing then follow through.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“The antidote to impulsiveness is forethought. Planning ahead is how we can conquer every distraction.” @neyal99 on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“Enjoy the digital arena for what it is and remember to look up once in a while because you might see something really beautiful.” @ramshackleglam on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“You don't need the endless feedback loop of the news cycle going through your head all day.” @ramshackleglam on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“As the world has quieted I have wanted to be quiet too and it feels healthy.” @ramshackleglam on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“I wanna write differently. There is nothing like a pandemic to throw things into perspective.” @ramshackleglam on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“In response to COVID, we need to figure out how much of this realization is a fight or flight reaction to the crisis and how much of it is genuine?” @ramshackleglam on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet“It's been very freeing, the sense of 'I don't know where I am going but neither does anybody else', but really that's what's true all along.” @ramshackleglam on @HH_TalkRadio Click To Tweet
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