Social Media and Smartphone Addiction (S2E21)
Magick and brain hacks for reducing screen time and its negative impacts!
Resources:
- Politics Is For Power by Eitan Hersh
- Also hear Eitan Hersh on the "Passion Isn't Enough" episode of Hidden Brain
- Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
- Placebo Magick Podcast discussion of Digital Minimalism
- Deep Questions with Cal Newport (podcast)
- Hamlet's BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Placebo Magick Podcast discussion of The Power of Habit
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- "How to Kick Bad Habits and Start Good Ones" on the Happiness Lab podcast (featuring the story of Vietnam vets quitting heroin)
- "Dial D for Distracted" on the Happiness Lab podcast (about smartphones and the limits of human attention)
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