58. You Don't Have an Attention Problem — You've Been Trained to Have One
When was the last time you were bored — and stayed there? Not bored and reached for your phone. Just bored.
And let yourself stay in it. If you're struggling to remember, that tells you something important. Because boredom is where you meet yourself.
And you've been trained — deliberately, systematically, profitably — to never get there. This episode asks the question nobody is asking: who are you when nobody has your attention?
This is not another "put your phone down" episode. It's about identity, not productivity.
Nir Eyal's foundational research in "Hooked" documents how technology…
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