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	Podcast:		Hurry Slowly
	Episode:		011: Jocelyn K. Glei – Living Life on Auto-Pilot - Hurry Slowly
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:10:58
	Publish Date:		2017-12-19 00:12:37
	Description:		What if you don’t have as much control over your attention as you think? In this mini-episode, I explain how understanding what your brain is doing on “auto-pilot” is the key to unlocking your focus. And breaking your smartphone addiction. * Note for listeners: Starting with this show, every third episode of Hurry Slowly will now be a “mini-episode,” a short 5 to 10-minute show that provides a lighter counterpoint to the full-length interviews. If you’re new to the show, I suggest starting here. Key takeaways from this episode: A nuanced understanding of the two different types of attention you deploy on a daily basis How your smartphone is optimized for “brain drain” and why that compromises your creativity and other cognitive functions Why your attention will be enhanced if you begin to decouple certain activities from your smartphone Sponsors Hover has a domain name for whatever you’re passionate about. Get 10% off your first domain name, and start laying the groundwork for your next big idea, by visiting hover.com/hurryslowly. Favorite Quotes “Hundreds of daily activities that used to be performed in separate locations, with different gestures, and through a range of intra-personal interactions have now all been collapsed into the smartphone. There has literally never been a device that is so relevant to executing our goals so much of the time. And because of this, our brains have been trained to allot a substantive portion of our ‘automatic attention’ to our smartphones.” Resources A quick list of the ideas, episodes, and studies mentioned: The study on smartphones and “brain drain” Craig Mod epi, where we talk about smartphones as time machines Tyler Cowen epi, in which we discuss smartphones as anti-risk-taking devices Ann Friedman epi, where we chat about the anxiety of the infinite news scroll Call to Action If this episode changed the way you think, I would love your support. Subscribe in iTunes and write us a review. Every rating helps us attract new listeners, which allows us to keep making the show! : ) You can write a review on your phone here: hurryslowly.co/mobilereview
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