The Phone Sucks You in Like a Newspaper

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The phone can record and update you every week exactly how much time, on average, you spent not being present. It's just the extremeness of our sort of fleeing from presentness is embodied all in one singular device. With the phone, it's just a, it's an easy swipe, and there's just no real gestures, and you're gone. And basically, no one is ever present.

On today’s episode of the podcast, Ryan and his writing partner Nils Parker talk about the difficulties of managing screen time as a parent, how when your attention is focused on screens your children are more likely to get into trouble, how some of the smartest people in the world are optimizing devices to exploit your attention, and more.

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