Engaging in practices with a long tradition can counteract the human brain's ability to distract itself, which can lead to addictive behaviors.

“This is why I do think that a lot of addictive behavior, but also just a lot of um >> what we call kind of unconscious stuff like scrolling or, you know, or eating food that's not good for us even when we're not hungry. Like these things are just, you know, I have a a friend and she said, you know, yeah, I'll get lost in in audio books sometimes. I thought audio books are great. Reading is great. She's like, not the way she's using them, right? To just get lost as a way to distract. We don't know how to sometimes deal with um quiet.”