Nir Eyal
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Sep 9, 2026
Jeremy AuGUEST
Mm
Edric PoonHOST
... and on the podcast, you've spoken numerous times with, with Nir Eyal.
Edric PoonHOST
I mean, we've had Adam Galinsky, we had Eric Ries on the podcast as well.
Edric PoonHOST
And one very interesting thing, especially what Eric Ries was talking about, was Asian leadership is a little bit different.
Navaz HabibHOST
They do.
Navaz HabibHOST
I don't know, John, if you've read the book by Nir Eyal called Hooked.
Navaz HabibHOST
which is where a lot of the initial social media apps were actually built.
Navaz HabibHOST
It was built on his understanding of the dopaminergic system, even just the idea of swiping up or swiping left and right.
Navaz HabibHOST
All of that was actually thought through when these apps were being developed.
Navaz HabibHOST
So there is definitely an idea of how to hook people.
Navaz HabibHOST
Now, to Nir Eyal's credit, he saw what was happening with all of these apps, building out these... ideas around what he was what he had initially presented in his book and he went out and wrote now two other books teaching people how to not get hooked to apps and realizing the effect that he had in this in this area so you To your point, absolutely.
Navaz HabibHOST
There likely is a medical component to what the tech is doing to create the addictive capacity of these apps, no doubt.
Diane BodenGUEST
A lot of mine are more so based around motherhood and or family.
Diane BodenGUEST
I definitely have like, I think you spoke with Nir Eyal and he talks about indistractable, being indistractable.
Diane BodenGUEST
And that was a great reminder for me as well.
Diane BodenGUEST
But I'm just kind of like going through some of my top episodes.
speaker_0NARRATOR
This is The Spacemakers.
Daniel SihHOST
Have you ever tried to change something in your life? To get fit, eat healthier, improve your work habits or strengthen a relationship? What if the secret to lasting change wasn't more discipline, motivation or willpower, but changing what you believe? In this special bonus episode of The Space Makers, I'm joined by New York Times bestselling author Nir Eyal to discuss
Nir EyalGUEST
his new book, Beyond Belief.
Nir EyalGUEST
The most dangerous words in the English language is whatever comes after I am.
Daniel SihHOST
Hello, everyone.
Daniel SihHOST
Welcome back to the Spacemakers podcast, the podcast to help you live an intentional, meaningful life.
Daniel SihHOST
My name is Daniel See, and I'm super excited because we are here for a bonus interview with New York Times bestselling author Nir Eyal, who has written multiple books such as Hooked and Indistractable, and we are going to talk about his newest book, Beyond Belief, which has just hit the New York Times bestselling list.
Daniel SihHOST
Now, I first connected with Nia through a friend of a friend, and then I interviewed him in Sydney a number of months ago.
Jesse RT ColemanHOST
Actually, a small tangent.
Jesse RT ColemanHOST
I recently read a book by Nir Eyal called Beyond Belief.
Jesse RT ColemanHOST
And it's all about Or one core thesis of the book is about how your beliefs shape what you ultimately go on to achieve or do.
Jesse RT ColemanHOST
With one of the key kind of behavioral experiments being when some mice are, I mean, it's a pretty grim experiment, but when some mice are like dropped in water.
Jay ShearHOST
His writing has appeared in major media outlets, including the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, and Psychology Today.
Jay ShearHOST
Would you please welcome the man who's helping all of us stop limiting ourselves and achieve breakthrough results? It is Nir Eyal.
Jay ShearHOST
Nir, it is so great to see you.
Jay ShearHOST
Thank you so much for being here today.
James PoulterGUEST
I think the difference is that the argument has often been is that, you know, these companies knew full well what they were doing.
James PoulterGUEST
Nir Eyal's book about how addictive these things are, the power of habit and formation.
James PoulterGUEST
We know that they were creating something highly addictive.
James PoulterGUEST
And these chatbots are also addictive.
Vladimir DyachkovHOST
You have to lock the habit loop.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
This phase leans heavily on established behavioral psychology, specifically the framework popularized by researchers like Nir Eyal and B.F. Skinner before him.
Vladimir DyachkovHOST
Right.
Vladimir DyachkovHOST
The anatomy of a habit loop consists of four stages.
Graham Joseph HillHOST
engineering products to hook the oldest and most reactive parts of us.
Graham Joseph HillHOST
Nir Eyal, who wrote the manual on technique, lays out the loop of trigger, action, reward and investment with a reward made variable delivered on the same predictable schedule that keeps a gambler at a poker machine.
Graham Joseph HillHOST
My attention and your attention are the products.
Graham Joseph HillHOST
It's being sold by the second to the highest bidder.
Auren HoffmanHOST
Hello, fellow data nerds.
Auren HoffmanHOST
My guest today is Nir Eyal.
Auren HoffmanHOST
Nir is the author of Hooked, which is the book that became kind of Silicon Valley's playbook for building habit-forming products.
Auren HoffmanHOST
And then the book Indistractable, which is all about how to take your attention back.
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Auren HoffmanHOST
That's a great way to end it.
Auren HoffmanHOST
That's amazing.
Auren HoffmanHOST
Thank you, Nir Eyal, for joining us on Summation.
Auren HoffmanHOST
By the way, I follow you on X at Nir Eyal.
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