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218 Dr. Erin Westgate on How to Create a Psychologically Rich Life

Behind the Brilliance

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Device Addiction and Social Media Addiction

We have begun to over index on social media and screens so much that even Apple is like, Hey, this is how much screen time you had this. What does that mean for our ability to think and be bored? It's hard to study scientifically because you really need to do a randomized experiment where people don't want to let you know. If you pay people to deactivate their Facebook accounts, they end up being happier.

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