Nir Eyal
12 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 16, 2021 by Nir Eyal · across every show →
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Feb 16, 2021
Eyal: The opposite of distraction is traction, not focus
“The opposite of distraction, if you look at the origin of the word, the opposite of distraction is traction. That both words come from the same Latin root, trahare, which means to pull. And both words also end in the same six letters, A-C-T-I-O-N, that spells …”
Feb 16, 2021
Eyal: Time management requires pain management to resolve emotional discomfort
“Time management requires pain management. Time management requires pain management. You'll always be distracted by something, right? If it's too much news, too much booze, too much football, too much Facebook, it doesn't matter. Something is going to distract …”
Feb 16, 2021
Eyal: Youth harm metrics are at record lows and suicide was higher decades ago
“Everything that kills kids, everything that harms kids, not just kills kids, it harms kids, is down to record lows. Homicide, record lows. Truancy, record lows. Drug use, record lows. Pregnancy, record lows. Incarceration, record lows. All these things are at …”
Feb 16, 2021 negative
Eyal: Force your boss to prioritize instead of just saying no
“One of my pet peeves in the personal productivity community is this horrible advice that I'm sure we've all heard a million times, which says, if you want to be more productive, if you want to focus, if you want to not get distracted, you learn, need to learn …”
Feb 16, 2021 neutral
Feb 16, 2021
Eyal: Distraction stems primarily from internal triggers rather than external devices
“What I discovered was that distraction, the leading cause of distraction and research bears this out. The leading cause of distraction is not what we call external triggers. It's not the stuff outside of us. But rather distraction begins from within what we ca…”
Feb 16, 2021 positive
Feb 16, 2021
Eyal: Youth mental health harm stems from sleep displacement, not tech itself
“And I think the reason we see some of these mental health outcomes that, that, you know, these the deleterious outcomes is not the technology itself. It's what the technology is displacing, namely sleep, right? That that is the big culprit.”
Feb 16, 2021 positive
Eyal: Rating Disagreements 1 to 10 Cuts Through Emotional Arguing
“And this system of scoring how important something is comes in handy because when we have a disagreement small or large, it can be like, Hey, which place do you want to go for lunch? Or you know, how, how strongly do you think that our daughter should be homes…”
Dec 21, 2021 neutral
Nir Eyal: Distraction is driven by internal triggers, not external factors
“The leading cause of distraction and research bears this out. The leading cause of distraction is not what we call external triggers. It's not the stuff outside of us, but rather distraction begins from within what we call the internal triggers. That is the le…”
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Nir Eyal: Science does not support claims that digital media damages brains
“So don't believe these chicken little tech critics that say video games are melting your brain and Facebook is melting your brain and everything is melting your brain. Ridiculous. The science doesn't support that at all, right?”