{"id":134260,"date":"2020-09-03T18:37:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T02:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=134260"},"modified":"2020-09-03T18:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T02:37:17","slug":"how-your-phone-rewires-your-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=134260","title":{"rendered":"How Your Phone Rewires Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LXUW4IH8C1Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been taking a break from streaming. I&#8217;ve been affected by Fred Luskin, he talks about how your phone, or your epersonality, hijacks your central nervous system and reduces your ability to love real people. 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