Peter Attia· MD
I actually think phones Perdue have a bigger AUC of suffering than cigarettes and even though maybe for a while people didn't realize cigarettes were bad like people note that they're bad and they still do them I don't think people realize phones are bad so I think that's their manipulative in that way in a way that the cigarette is very direct it's like I smoke there's small it's the cigarette it's the cigarette of nineteen fifty right where no one really knew thought it was cool and whatever yeah doctors recommended them great way to lose weight all was good for you yes in fact this was the preferred brand during smoking I drink pregnancy rather is that right so I'm sure I think there was a mother's should smoke this one very in Lao you know at Hopkins in the old wing at the hospital which I don't think is in use anymore there are still ashtrays in the patient rooms and I remember still in the old Oh ours even seeing ashtrays that's interesting and they should keep that around just as a reminder how delusional we can all be but I think phones are kind of like that so I've kind of taken notifications off my phone I don't like if I want to know something I'll go find it versus I don't wanna be pulled to anything like I'll go look for it if I'm curious I think we've become slaves to phones telling us what to do and props telling us what to do and this actually calls all comes back to the kind of beginning this conversation which was that the business models surrounding many of these things on phones are all about engagement and engagement is an addictive behavior and so these companies basically are designed to addicted to their services and prompt you the right amounts of time per day and reward you for engagement and whatnot and they build these terrible addictive behaviors I'm aware of them but like I try to stay as far away from them as I possibly can but the business models are tied to this this is the other thing it's all about eyeballs number of people