Nir Eyal

Nobody cares how many books you have in the library because everybody has Google on their phone. And now we have chat GPT. 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.

Nobody cares how many books you have in the library because everybody has Google on their phone. And now we have chat GPT. 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. My daughter taught herself how to play guitar.

What's scarce today is the ability to focus your attention long enough on that information to turn it into wisdom. My daughter taught herself how to play guitar.

What's scarce today is the ability to focus your attention long enough on that information to turn it into wisdom. My daughter taught herself how to play guitar.

from youtube we never paid for even one guitar lesson because she learned the ability to focus long enough to learn this skill through the free information that's online and you can pretty much learn almost anything these days most of it for free right online

from youtube we never paid for even one guitar lesson because she learned the ability to focus long enough to learn this skill through the free information that's online and you can pretty much learn almost anything these days most of it for free right online

from youtube we never paid for even one guitar lesson because she learned the ability to focus long enough to learn this skill through the free information that's online and you can pretty much learn almost anything these days most of it for free right online

If and only if you can focus long enough to pull yourself away from TikTok and Instagram and WhatsApp and Slack and email and all the stuff that's happening in the news and to pay attention long enough to learn that new skill online. So if you have that skill, it truly is a superpower. And if you don't have the skill to focus and concentrate long enough to learn, you're toast.

If and only if you can focus long enough to pull yourself away from TikTok and Instagram and WhatsApp and Slack and email and all the stuff that's happening in the news and to pay attention long enough to learn that new skill online. So if you have that skill, it truly is a superpower. And if you don't have the skill to focus and concentrate long enough to learn, you're toast.

If and only if you can focus long enough to pull yourself away from TikTok and Instagram and WhatsApp and Slack and email and all the stuff that's happening in the news and to pay attention long enough to learn that new skill online. So if you have that skill, it truly is a superpower. And if you don't have the skill to focus and concentrate long enough to learn, you're toast.

I think it's a terrific question. And I think it prompts us to ask ourselves, I think this word curiosity, I think it is really neglected when it comes to our educational system, because what we forget is that we only think about technology as we are experiencing it today. And of course, we see all the negative repercussions because they're very top of mind, because we can see the difference.

I think it's a terrific question. And I think it prompts us to ask ourselves, I think this word curiosity, I think it is really neglected when it comes to our educational system, because what we forget is that we only think about technology as we are experiencing it today. And of course, we see all the negative repercussions because they're very top of mind, because we can see the difference.

I think it's a terrific question. And I think it prompts us to ask ourselves, I think this word curiosity, I think it is really neglected when it comes to our educational system, because what we forget is that we only think about technology as we are experiencing it today. And of course, we see all the negative repercussions because they're very top of mind, because we can see the difference.

We can see the change from the way we grew up, right? So we think about all the bad stuff that a new technology brings. And when it comes to the old technology, we don't see it because it's the way it's always been. But remember, institutionalized education is brand new, right? Humans have existed for 200,000 years, at least, right? Homo sapiens.

We can see the change from the way we grew up, right? So we think about all the bad stuff that a new technology brings. And when it comes to the old technology, we don't see it because it's the way it's always been. But remember, institutionalized education is brand new, right? Humans have existed for 200,000 years, at least, right? Homo sapiens.

We can see the change from the way we grew up, right? So we think about all the bad stuff that a new technology brings. And when it comes to the old technology, we don't see it because it's the way it's always been. But remember, institutionalized education is brand new, right? Humans have existed for 200,000 years, at least, right? Homo sapiens.

For the vast majority of that time, all education was passed down through tribes, right? Like children participated. There wasn't this bifurcation of adults go here and kids go there. We were all together as tribes. So that's how information was passed along. Kids saw what needed to get done, and then eventually they learned those skills.

For the vast majority of that time, all education was passed down through tribes, right? Like children participated. There wasn't this bifurcation of adults go here and kids go there. We were all together as tribes. So that's how information was passed along. Kids saw what needed to get done, and then eventually they learned those skills.

For the vast majority of that time, all education was passed down through tribes, right? Like children participated. There wasn't this bifurcation of adults go here and kids go there. We were all together as tribes. So that's how information was passed along. Kids saw what needed to get done, and then eventually they learned those skills.