Dr. Andrew Huberman

I just, I walk into people's homes and just look in the refrigerator.

I don't even know.

I get into people's cars.

I look in the glove box.

I just do this.

I've got like looking around.

I'm not gonna steal anything, but it was like the teenage boy in me, you know, just kind of like walk in.

I'm going to open your refrigerator.

Um, so I think it's, it's gets to the point of reflexive and it's compulsive and it might be addictive, but it can't be good when it's like that.

Um, but I think social media can be really useful.

So I think, um, if you're, you can set timers, you can try graying out the screen, getting rid of the color thing.

There's all this stuff, but I think if there are particular apps that you're struggling with, I would just delete them from your phone and do a reinstall because that's enough of a behavioral barrier.

There are enough steps involved, enough sequencing to put the thing back on there each day and each time, maybe twice a day, that you're going to vastly reduce your use.

To be honest, I think that's probably the best way to do it.

And there are probably people in this audience that are thinking, this seems crazy.

Like, just don't turn it on.

Just don't open it.

And look, if I was 65 years old, I'd say that too.

But it doesn't work that way for certainly the younger generation.

It doesn't.