The Real Reason Why We Can’t Stop Scrolling with Oprah and Dr. Anna Lembke
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Oprah and Dr. Anna Lembke discuss the impact of tech addiction and how it affects individuals and society.
BUY THE BOOK! Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke https://amzn.to/4xniLB7 Tech addiction or the compulsive, excessive use of digital devices for online activities like social media, shopping, gaming or gambling impacts an estimated 27% of the global population. On this episode Oprah sits down with Dr. Anna Lembke, Stanford addiction expert and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dopamine Nation, to understand what is driving these addictions and what we can do about it. We hear from a young woman whose online shopping habit caused her to rack up $30,000 in credit card debt, a young gamer who spends up to seven hours a day playing video games and a young man whose online gambling addiction led him to drop out of three colleges, steal from his family and lose over $100,000 on sports betting apps. 00:00:00 - Welcome Anna Lembke, author of “Dopamine Nation” 00:07:00 - When does tech use cross into addiction 00:09:45 - The dopamine crisis 00:11:20 - Addicted to online shopping 00:14:45 - Highs and lows of online shopping 00:17:00 - Self-binding 00:19:15 - Self-regulating cravings 00:22:16 - Addicted to gaming 00:24:50 - Long-term…
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