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

Why do we not do the right thing, even when we know we should? #shorts

Name: Why do we not do the right thing, even when we know we should? #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-01-30T14:00:17+00:00
Duration: 27 s
Channel: Nir Eyal
Description: A brief YouTube #shorts by Nir Eyal posing Plato’s ancient question—why we fail to do what we know is right—and arguing that distraction’s root cause…

30 Jan 2024 · 0 min

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A brief YouTube #shorts by Nir Eyal posing Plato’s ancient question—why we fail to do what we know is right—and arguing that distraction’s root cause lies within our internal psychology rather than external triggers; understanding that root is essential to becoming "indistractable."

That's why when it comes to distraction, this very old question that Plato asked 2500 years ago, which I think is still fascinating, why is it that despite knowing what to do, we don't do it? Why is that such a good question? Right. The root cause of the problem is not whatever distraction might be in your hands, it's what's going on inside of us. And that's why it's so important to get to the base root of the problem, to understand the psychology of distraction. If we're going to become indistractable.