Nir EyalSpeaker on Behavioral Science, NYT Bestselling Author, Former Stanford Lecturer

Technology is NOT the Problem #shorts

Name: Technology is NOT the Problem #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-06-13T16:00:36+00:00
Duration: 27 s
Channel: Nir Eyal
Description: Nir Eyal argues that technology is not the root cause of distraction, noting that people have struggled with distraction for at least 2,500 years. He…

13 Jun 2023 · 0 min

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Nir Eyal argues that technology is not the root cause of distraction, noting that people have struggled with distraction for at least 2,500 years. He contends that modern tools (e.g., social media, Internet) amplify opportunities for entertainment but the underlying problem is deeper; therefore society needs new norms and manners to protect time and attention.

Technology is not the root cause of the problem. There has to be something deeper going on. People have been struggling with distraction for at least the past 2500 years. Before Facebook, before the Internet, before all these tools that we think are the source of distraction. We have entertainment anywhere we'd like at any time. We need to learn some new norms, some new manners, some new ways of being in this world. Because if we let our time and attention be controlled by others, we will look back in regret.