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In this episode, we talk all about Digital Nutrition. Our guest, Jocelyn Brewer, describes how although technology is an amazing tool, it has the very real potential to affect our Mental Fitness. Jocelyn explains what the ‘Displacement Hypothesis’ is, what Digital Nutrition is all about and how technology is not all about screen-time or ‘digital calorie counting’. Together, we talk about some practical ways we can all manage our use of technology.
What You Will Learn:
More about whether technology is toxic, or, whether we can use it as a tool The metaphor of ‘digital nutrition’ The “3 Ms” of digital nutrition How to apply the 3 Ms to your working life at home Helpful modifications to manage your technology use
Today's Guest: Jocelyn Brewer
Resources:
Digital Nutrition, by Jocelyn Brewer
TEDx Talk: The quest for digital superfoods, by Jocelyn Brewer Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, by Adam Alter
Deep Work, by Cal Newport
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life, by Nir Eyal
Quotes by Jocelyn Brewer
”We’ve put the social back in social media the last little while” “We pay with out attention. We pay with our key-strokes” “It’s only when you look at the entire context of that consumption that you get more information” “An email from your boss is not a lullaby… unless it’s a payrise!” “Our brains are like a Commodore 64: really old-school processing equipment” “A ‘compare and despair’ mentality”
