#009 - A Hacker In Your Pocket - How Your Smartphone Is Short Circuiting Your Brain

Published: April 10, 2018, 6:50 a.m.

b"Jonny and Yusef from PropaneFitness.com join me as we discuss the topic of phone addiction. The problem of excessive tech use is almost universally acknowledged by pretty much anyone with a smartphone, but very few of us are aware of the teams of software engineers, warehouses of supercomputers and decades of research goes into manipulating you to click that link, watch that video or download that app.\\nAn argument is often made that technology is neutral and that it is our decision of how we use it, but our phone's intrusion into our lives is so calculated and manipulative that the deck is stacked firmly against us making a choice we're fully in control of. I genuinely believe that Humane Technology and Ethical Persuasion will be a huge topic over the coming years, hopefully we can kickstart your interest into the subject here...\\nOn this episode, learn the tactics used by social media websites to manipulate you to stay on site, discover our favourite strategies for taking back control of your phone use and find out why you definitely shouldn't buy a dildo on Facebook Marketplace.\\nExtra Reading:\\nDistraction Is Destruction Podcast (YouTube)\\nwww.HumaneTech.com\\n Newsfeed Hider For Chrome\\nMoment App\\nCheck out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link -\\xa0https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom\\n-\\nGet in touch.\\xa0Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me...\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\\nYouTube:\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast\\nEmail: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"