Nir Eyal

When I applied to college, the most important thing when you looked at a university was how many books were in their library. Who cares? It's completely pointless. Nobody cares how many books you have in the library because everybody has Google on their phone.

When I applied to college, the most important thing when you looked at a university was how many books were in their library. Who cares? It's completely pointless. Nobody cares how many books you have in the library because everybody has Google on their phone.

When I applied to college, the most important thing when you looked at a university was how many books were in their library. Who cares? It's completely pointless. Nobody cares how many books you have in the library because everybody has Google on their phone.

And now we have ChatGPT and we have all these great products on our devices that allow us to have all the facts and figures we could possibly want at our fingertips. So

And now we have ChatGPT and we have all these great products on our devices that allow us to have all the facts and figures we could possibly want at our fingertips. So

And now we have ChatGPT and we have all these great products on our devices that allow us to have all the facts and figures we could possibly want at our fingertips. So

information is no longer scarce we're drowning in information what's scarce today is the ability to focus your attention long enough on that information to turn it into wisdom welcome to passion struck hi i'm your host john r miles and on the show we decipher the secrets tips and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turn their wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you

information is no longer scarce we're drowning in information what's scarce today is the ability to focus your attention long enough on that information to turn it into wisdom welcome to passion struck hi i'm your host john r miles and on the show we decipher the secrets tips and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turn their wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you

information is no longer scarce we're drowning in information what's scarce today is the ability to focus your attention long enough on that information to turn it into wisdom welcome to passion struck hi i'm your host john r miles and on the show we decipher the secrets tips and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turn their wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you

How far back do you want to go? I think if I really try and figure out the genesis of my fascination with human behavior and specifically distraction and technology, it probably would go back to my childhoods. For as long as I could remember as a kid, I was obese and not just overweight. I was actually clinically obese.

How far back do you want to go? I think if I really try and figure out the genesis of my fascination with human behavior and specifically distraction and technology, it probably would go back to my childhoods. For as long as I could remember as a kid, I was obese and not just overweight. I was actually clinically obese.

How far back do you want to go? I think if I really try and figure out the genesis of my fascination with human behavior and specifically distraction and technology, it probably would go back to my childhoods. For as long as I could remember as a kid, I was obese and not just overweight. I was actually clinically obese.

I remember my mom taking me to the doctor and the doctor saying, okay, see this chart over here? The green zone is normal weight. This is overweight. The yellow zone, here's you're in this red zone here. So I was clinically obese from an early age. And I remember at that time that food seemed to control me. I don't know if I had an addiction. I try not to use that word.

I remember my mom taking me to the doctor and the doctor saying, okay, see this chart over here? The green zone is normal weight. This is overweight. The yellow zone, here's you're in this red zone here. So I was clinically obese from an early age. And I remember at that time that food seemed to control me. I don't know if I had an addiction. I try not to use that word.

I remember my mom taking me to the doctor and the doctor saying, okay, see this chart over here? The green zone is normal weight. This is overweight. The yellow zone, here's you're in this red zone here. So I was clinically obese from an early age. And I remember at that time that food seemed to control me. I don't know if I had an addiction. I try not to use that word.

I think it's overplayed, this addiction. But I certainly felt like there was an element, a loss of control when it came to food in my life. And I would use it for what I now recognize as an emotional escape, right? When I was feeling... Lonely, I ate. When I was feeling bored, I ate. When I was ashamed about how much I had just eaten, I would eat.

I think it's overplayed, this addiction. But I certainly felt like there was an element, a loss of control when it came to food in my life. And I would use it for what I now recognize as an emotional escape, right? When I was feeling... Lonely, I ate. When I was feeling bored, I ate. When I was ashamed about how much I had just eaten, I would eat.

I think it's overplayed, this addiction. But I certainly felt like there was an element, a loss of control when it came to food in my life. And I would use it for what I now recognize as an emotional escape, right? When I was feeling... Lonely, I ate. When I was feeling bored, I ate. When I was ashamed about how much I had just eaten, I would eat.

After a long time trying to figure out why I had these behavioral patterns, my first inclination was to blame the food companies, that they're making us fat, that it's the terrible food in our ecosystem. I think that is true to some extent. And it definitely helped me psychologically to vilify the food makers and blame McDonald's and blame processed food companies.

After a long time trying to figure out why I had these behavioral patterns, my first inclination was to blame the food companies, that they're making us fat, that it's the terrible food in our ecosystem. I think that is true to some extent. And it definitely helped me psychologically to vilify the food makers and blame McDonald's and blame processed food companies.