Andrew Yang
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Like people's way of life can go to shit and it doesn't necessarily affect our politics very much because most of them are insulated from what people's thoughts and experiences are.
Yeah, the study came out, I think, from Meta that said if you don't use our products for, what was it, three weeks, your mood improves dramatically.
They have done that kind of research, yeah.
And then they scuttled that data.
So my company, Noble Mobile, actually pays you if you use less screen time.
And it's kind of counterintuitive, but our users use 17% less screen time, which tends to make you a little bit happier, not as happy as if you just turn the apps off.
But it's one of these things we're trying to do to balance the market incentives in a human direction.
Kevin, I'm so glad you asked because here on Hard Fork, I am thrilled to make the announcement that the Yang gang, I'm being asked this a lot.
I thought you were going to do it.
Tell you what, Kevin, because you launched my 2020 campaign, I promise you if I decide to run again, you'll be among the very, very first people I call.
Not you, Casey.
I don't know you from Adam.
Yeah, that's fine.
No, it's fair.
Kevin earned it.
But I'll say to you guys, the issues that we just discussed over this last period are
are going to get worse, not better, unless something significant changes.
And I'm still an American.
I'm still a parent.
I'm still a human being.