Nir Eyal

The root cause of the problem is the root cause of all human behavior, which is just

The root cause of the problem is the root cause of all human behavior, which is just

The root cause of the problem is the root cause of all human behavior, which is just

a feeling a powerful feeling but yet a feeling nonetheless and i think it's so important to answer your question because it's like looking at a lineup and trying to pick out who done it from a line of potential suspects and you point to the wrong guy and you put that guy in jail and yet the murderer is on the loose and i think that's exactly what we're doing with a lot of our of the things that we blame

a feeling a powerful feeling but yet a feeling nonetheless and i think it's so important to answer your question because it's like looking at a lineup and trying to pick out who done it from a line of potential suspects and you point to the wrong guy and you put that guy in jail and yet the murderer is on the loose and i think that's exactly what we're doing with a lot of our of the things that we blame

a feeling a powerful feeling but yet a feeling nonetheless and i think it's so important to answer your question because it's like looking at a lineup and trying to pick out who done it from a line of potential suspects and you point to the wrong guy and you put that guy in jail and yet the murderer is on the loose and i think that's exactly what we're doing with a lot of our of the things that we blame

and we blame these things outside of us and they certainly do play a role but there's a whole heck of a lot that's going on inside of us that we can actually have a lot of control and agency over because look the world is not going to become a less distracting place quite the opposite with the virtual reality and augmented reality and everything that's happening in reality the world is only going to become more distracting so it behooves us

and we blame these things outside of us and they certainly do play a role but there's a whole heck of a lot that's going on inside of us that we can actually have a lot of control and agency over because look the world is not going to become a less distracting place quite the opposite with the virtual reality and augmented reality and everything that's happening in reality the world is only going to become more distracting so it behooves us

and we blame these things outside of us and they certainly do play a role but there's a whole heck of a lot that's going on inside of us that we can actually have a lot of control and agency over because look the world is not going to become a less distracting place quite the opposite with the virtual reality and augmented reality and everything that's happening in reality the world is only going to become more distracting so it behooves us

to acquire what I call the skill of the century, because I think the world is really bifurcating into people who will allow their time and attention to be manipulated and controlled by others and people who stand up and say, no, I am indistractable. This is who I am. This is part of my value system. I control my time and attention because I am indistractable.

to acquire what I call the skill of the century, because I think the world is really bifurcating into people who will allow their time and attention to be manipulated and controlled by others and people who stand up and say, no, I am indistractable. This is who I am. This is part of my value system. I control my time and attention because I am indistractable.

to acquire what I call the skill of the century, because I think the world is really bifurcating into people who will allow their time and attention to be manipulated and controlled by others and people who stand up and say, no, I am indistractable. This is who I am. This is part of my value system. I control my time and attention because I am indistractable.

a terrific question i think it's a great question for young adults who are smart enough to ask that question and i think it's a question that every parent should be asking right now because the future is it has never been more unpredictable it's really hard to tell our kids what they should study to answer this question and the answer can't be oh go study computer science or go study a particular field who knows what that field is going to be like in just a few years i think what we can do

a terrific question i think it's a great question for young adults who are smart enough to ask that question and i think it's a question that every parent should be asking right now because the future is it has never been more unpredictable it's really hard to tell our kids what they should study to answer this question and the answer can't be oh go study computer science or go study a particular field who knows what that field is going to be like in just a few years i think what we can do

a terrific question i think it's a great question for young adults who are smart enough to ask that question and i think it's a question that every parent should be asking right now because the future is it has never been more unpredictable it's really hard to tell our kids what they should study to answer this question and the answer can't be oh go study computer science or go study a particular field who knows what that field is going to be like in just a few years i think what we can do

is to look at which skills will never go out of style, which skills will always be essential.

is to look at which skills will never go out of style, which skills will always be essential.

is to look at which skills will never go out of style, which skills will always be essential.

And I think that the most important thing we can teach our children, which is actually antithetical to how our school system works, funny enough, because our school system was designed to feed workers into factories during the Industrial Revolution, that what we really should be teaching kids today is how to become, what is one of my favorite words, how to become an autodidact is someone who teaches themselves.

And I think that the most important thing we can teach our children, which is actually antithetical to how our school system works, funny enough, because our school system was designed to feed workers into factories during the Industrial Revolution, that what we really should be teaching kids today is how to become, what is one of my favorite words, how to become an autodidact is someone who teaches themselves.