How To Build A Healthier Relationship With Your Phone
About this episode
The episode discusses the intersection of mindfulness and the modern attention economy with guest Jay Vidyarthi.
Your phone is not just a gadget. It is a gateway into an economy built to capture attention, shape behavior, and keep you coming back. We bring on Jay Vidyarthi, mindfulness teacher, UX designer, technologist, and founder of Still Ape, to talk about the real world collision between contemplative practice and the modern attention economy. We start with a short, grounding practice of “doing nothing,” then zoom out to the strange fact that even this conversation is carried by microphones, data p...
People in this episode
Host: Sean Fargo
Guest: Jay Vidyarthi
Topics covered
- mindfulness
- technology
- attention economy
- behavior
- contemplative practice
Keywords
- mindfulness
- phone relationship
- attention economy
- behavioral design
- contemplative practice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Still Ape
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