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322. Left to Our Own Devices: How To Use Technology To Be More Human, More Natural, and Fulfill What We're Really Craving

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What started as my daughter Elsie doing some innocent role-playing with ChatGPT eventually led to her crying and saying it was creepy.

That experience opened the door to a much bigger conversation about Right Relationship with technology, attention, creativity, belonging, and what it means to stay human in an increasingly AI world.

Press play to hear:

  • why so many of our deepest human needs cannot be fully met through technology
  • the difference between support and substitution
  • what AI can do well and where it falls short
  • how we often settle for "cheap substitutes" when we're actually craving something much deeper
  • the surprising history and meaning behind the phrase "left to our own devices"
  • why attention is one of the most important resources we have
  • how to come into right relationship with technology instead of treating it as inherently good or bad
  • the connection between technology, nervous system regulation, and belonging
  • why asynchronous spaces and voice-noting can feel way more nourishing than texting or social media

How we can walk together:


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