Michael Regilio

In fact, back to what we were talking about, which is the prompts.

So the way that they're evil is that they arrive at moments of boredom, loneliness, insecurity, and social comparison.

The apps make sure there is never silence in your life, which is interesting because when I was in music school, we used to make a joke that the guy who overplayed his flashy guitar solo was really just saying...

Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me.

Right, right.

And that's basically what our phones are now, constantly screaming, look at me.

We are like Pavlov's dogs.

We're trained to hear a beep or feel a buzz, and the phone wants us to drop everything, see what just came in.

Just like the Pavlovian dogs.

For me, the moment a notification comes in, it's tough to fight that temptation to drop everything and check my phone.

Believe it or not, I eventually had to make a rule for myself.

It's a crazy one.

Keep your eyes on the road when driving.

Soon to be eyes.

Yes.

But yeah, look, once I stopped checking my phone every time I got a notification, I actually noticed something kind of funny.

And that is that when you're late and you need to get somewhere, you hit every red light, but...

If your phone dings and you're like desperate to check it, like, you know, is that the important gig that I asked about coming in?

Like when that happens, somehow you hit every green light.

It's crazy.