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48: Nir Eyal | How to Manage Distraction in a Digital Age

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How to Avoid Distractions

I would not be on the side of people who say, well, we just need to abstain, or let's do, you know, a digital Sabbath and go away to the woods and just don't touch your iPhone for a week. If they're doing their jobs, they're giving people things that they want. The vast majority of our distractions and the vast majority of people actually are not really addicted. Just saying, oh, I'm addicted or these products are made to addict me kind of lets us off the hook.

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