Jonathan Haidt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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So that's like one strategy you could use.
And the other is to set some boundaries.
So geographical boundaries, keep your phone out of your arm's reach.
If you're at a desk, if you're a student, not right next to you because we know there's this phenomenon of brain drain.
So it's not just that when you're using your phone, it can have a potential distraction, but also just having it close by.
It's called brain drain.
And so putting it in a desk drawer, keeping it in another part of the home if you are working, keeping it far away from you.
And so you kind of can override that primal ursula scroll that your prefrontal cortex take hold again.
And so there's all these small tweaks that you can do.
You think now.
And then, you know, based on the science, there are certain elements.
Like when we think about what is it about the phone that is creating that sense of compulsion, Jonathan is right.
So what is it about the phone?
It's not just the phone.
You know, you're scrolling.
You're engaging.
There are two studies that were really interesting.
One, people got off of – they continued to use their devices.
They had no internet.
So it's like, you know, I tried this experiment myself in December.