The Pros and Cons of Using Your Attention

On this episode, we chat about lessons learned from Chris’s experiment to switch to a flip phone for a month. Topics covered include:

• The impetus for the experiment;
• How smartphones are not meant to see switched away from;
• The phenomenon of zombiefication;
• The correlation between screen time and mental health;
• Reflecting on why the smartphone can make us unhappy;
• “Time confetti” and our phone;
• Why a phone doesn’t provide us with depth of experience;
• Raw material for change;
• Richness and depth of communication;
• Handing our attention to someone else (and why it can be a good thing);
• Heights of stimulation.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 101: Using a flip phone for a month.
• (The flip phone experiment article will be posted this week!)

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