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Ep. 246: Kids and Phones
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
The Importance of Time Alone
Smartphones get in the way of that training because it teaches your brain to instead move very quick. Look like an L-shaped skim for things that are going to give you in text a quick hit of dopamine or excitement. Be boredom if you have any moments of downtime. Our mind is not meant to constantly be processing information generated by another mind. We need time alone with our own thoughts to recharge and that makes sense of our world.
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