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In this episode, Cal Newport explores the neuroscience behind phone addiction, explaining how dopamine-driven reward systems in our brain make smartphones so compelling, and offering practical strategies to reduce phone overuse by eliminating strong reward signals and reducing the ubiquity of digital cues.
Cal explores the inner workings of TikTok's recommendation algorithm, revealing how its machine learning system blindly curates content without human values, potentially amplifying humanity's darker impulses and creating concerning societal impacts.