Dr. Alok Kanojia

The feeling of power over another human being. Yeah. Sure, it's like false in a sense, but it kind of isn't.

The feeling of power over another human being. Yeah. Sure, it's like false in a sense, but it kind of isn't.

If you don't even add the unless. I've worked with these people, right? When you like get behind closed doors and you like talk to them about how they really feel about it, there's an immense sense of power and influence and connection.

If you don't even add the unless. I've worked with these people, right? When you like get behind closed doors and you like talk to them about how they really feel about it, there's an immense sense of power and influence and connection.

If you don't even add the unless. I've worked with these people, right? When you like get behind closed doors and you like talk to them about how they really feel about it, there's an immense sense of power and influence and connection.

This is where, like, when I feel a connection with a chatbot in Indonesia, I don't want to believe it's a chatbot. I want to believe it's a real person. When you see a name in a text message, Like you could be an AI generated image. This could all be false, but that's not what we believe. It's not what we want to believe. Our senses are telling us this is a real conversation.

This is where, like, when I feel a connection with a chatbot in Indonesia, I don't want to believe it's a chatbot. I want to believe it's a real person. When you see a name in a text message, Like you could be an AI generated image. This could all be false, but that's not what we believe. It's not what we want to believe. Our senses are telling us this is a real conversation.

This is where, like, when I feel a connection with a chatbot in Indonesia, I don't want to believe it's a chatbot. I want to believe it's a real person. When you see a name in a text message, Like you could be an AI generated image. This could all be false, but that's not what we believe. It's not what we want to believe. Our senses are telling us this is a real conversation.

If you think about it, like we have a vested interest in believing this is real, even if we know there's a possibility it isn't. And then we're getting enough literally sensory input to make it feel real. So let's just start by tossing that out. or like acknowledging that. Now, in terms of how to stop, it doesn't work to just stop.

If you think about it, like we have a vested interest in believing this is real, even if we know there's a possibility it isn't. And then we're getting enough literally sensory input to make it feel real. So let's just start by tossing that out. or like acknowledging that. Now, in terms of how to stop, it doesn't work to just stop.

If you think about it, like we have a vested interest in believing this is real, even if we know there's a possibility it isn't. And then we're getting enough literally sensory input to make it feel real. So let's just start by tossing that out. or like acknowledging that. Now, in terms of how to stop, it doesn't work to just stop.

So for some people, cold turkey can be effective, especially if someone finds out about it and then they're like regulating you. I've been a doctor for 10 years now and a psychiatrist for six. What I have learned is that the first thing to overcome an addiction is you have to want to overcome it. So the willingness, like how do I stop? This is where we go back to the first question, right?

So for some people, cold turkey can be effective, especially if someone finds out about it and then they're like regulating you. I've been a doctor for 10 years now and a psychiatrist for six. What I have learned is that the first thing to overcome an addiction is you have to want to overcome it. So the willingness, like how do I stop? This is where we go back to the first question, right?

So for some people, cold turkey can be effective, especially if someone finds out about it and then they're like regulating you. I've been a doctor for 10 years now and a psychiatrist for six. What I have learned is that the first thing to overcome an addiction is you have to want to overcome it. So the willingness, like how do I stop? This is where we go back to the first question, right?

Do you really want to stop? Tell me why. Help me understand. Why is it important for you to stop? And then we have to ask another question, which is, what would you give up by stopping? And this is the question that a lot of people don't ask. And this is the really important question, because what's driving the behavior is that question. What do you gain? Addictions are not problems.

Do you really want to stop? Tell me why. Help me understand. Why is it important for you to stop? And then we have to ask another question, which is, what would you give up by stopping? And this is the question that a lot of people don't ask. And this is the really important question, because what's driving the behavior is that question. What do you gain? Addictions are not problems.

Do you really want to stop? Tell me why. Help me understand. Why is it important for you to stop? And then we have to ask another question, which is, what would you give up by stopping? And this is the question that a lot of people don't ask. And this is the really important question, because what's driving the behavior is that question. What do you gain? Addictions are not problems.

They're solutions. This is why we keep doing them.

They're solutions. This is why we keep doing them.

They're solutions. This is why we keep doing them.