The Real Reason You’re So Distracted (Spoiler: It’s Not Your Phone)

A “digital detox” probably won’t fix what’s broken. Here’s what will.

Nir Eyal
Forge
Published in
6 min readJul 13, 2021

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Not so long ago, I came to believe that I was prioritizing technology over the most important people in my life — including, most painfully, my daughter.

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Nir Eyal
Forge
Writer for

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