137. Nir Eyal on Habit Forming Products and Why Tech is More Like Cannabis than Cigarettes
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Nir Eyal (@nireyal) is a writer, entrepreneur, teacher and investor focused on the intersection of psychology, technology, and business MIT’s Technology Review dubbed “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded...
show moreIn today’s episode we discuss:
- Why the anti-tech trend is wrong about the big picture
- The ways to incentivize productivity and happiness
- How to overcome habit-forming products and be indistractable
- Why liberals overemphasize tech’s role in electing Trump
- What Nir thinks about surveillance, corporations and government
- The destructive–and constructive–power of social media
- Why regulation isn’t the answer to tech addiction
- Nir’s thoughts on pros and cons of privacy
- The important distinction between regrets and results
- Why Facebook and Google are inherently good and what we can do about it
- Are algorithms to blame for increasing radicalization
- Simple smartphone hacks to make you happier
- Why tech is more like cannabis than cocaine
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