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Reimagining technology – and talking to animals – with Aza Raskin

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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Break Addiction with Random Delays

Random delays in website loading speeds can help overcome addiction by allowing the brain to catch up with impulses and break the dopamine addiction loop. This technique helped the speaker break their addiction to Twitter and Reddit by introducing 250 milliseconds delay which gave enough time to realize if they truly wanted to continue. The insight here is that by slowing down the gratification process, one can break the addiction cycle and regain control over their impulses.

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