Addicted to Tech? An Expert Explains How to Overcome It / Adam Alter and Joe De Sena

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How many hours a day do you need to use your feet to get to your phone? One? Two? zero? Adam Alter, author of "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked," has made a study of the outsized influence addictive technology has had on us and some basic steps to count</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">eract it. An associate professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, his research focuses on judgment, decision-making, and social psychology.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on Spartan Up podcast Adam Alter and Joe De Sena, Spartan Race founder,  hash out some simple steps to get your relationship with technology back in balance. Joe's involve a phone on a drone you have to chase to use, Alter's are more practical:</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aim for 4 hours a day your phone is not within reach</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spend the first and last hour of the day away from your phone</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">No screens at dinner, even if you're alone</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It's almost like a gateway. Once you're in there, it's really hard to stop.  It's kind of binary, either you don't use these devices, or you use them more than you would like.” ~Adam Alter</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">FOLLOW SPARTAN UP:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CREDITS:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Host: Joe De Sena </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sefra Alexandra, John