{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F47ed25ce-2a6e-4112-9e7f-ea50c74dfdfb","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"EP 085: How To Claim Control Over Our Tech","description":"\u201cWe\u2019re sort of becoming the AA of the digital world,\u201d says today\u2019s guest Andrew Laubacher, executive director of the new nonprofit Humanality. The organization helps college students redefine their relationship with technology, encouraging intentional use and control rather than being controlled by it. Students participate in various levels of \u201cdetox,\u201d including reducing screen time, trading smartphones for \u201cdummy\u201d phones, and deleting social media accounts.\n \nAndrew knows the struggle firsthand. As a touring musician, he was constantly on social media to promote his band and gigs, leading to a smartphone addiction. After removing himself from social media, he experienced numerous benefits, such as an increased attention span, deepened relationships, and an enhanced capacity for learning.\n \nHumanality is not anti-technology. Instead, it aims to help young people realize their true selves, free from the need for social validation, novelty, and positive feedback that devices exploit, while fostering real-world interpersonal relationships.\n \nIn today\u2019s episode of The Quantum Biology Collective podcast, Andrew and host Meredith Oke discuss the natural world as our portal to God\u2019s grace and why more adults should incorporate play into their lives.\n \nQuotes\n\u201cI just started to notice in myself, over the year, man, I was on this way too much. I was way too concerned with myself. It was making me really anxious because I was literally able to see everything happening in the world all at once, and I really do believe the human person was not designed to experience an attribute of God, which is namely His omnipresence. He is the only one that has the capacity to be able to handle that power, but I had it in the palm of my hand.\u201d (9:52 | Andrew Laubacher) \n\u201cStudying the minds behind these designs, they really weren\u2019t well-intentioned and they weren\u2019t really thinking of our well-being. They were thinking of our attention and, really, monetizing it.\u201d (14:09 | Andrew Laubacher) \n\u201cI do believe people are waking up to the deleterious effects of online life. And really how we believe at Humanality that engaging reality is worth it, and that being a human person, in person, while utilizing the good of technology is more optimal.\u201d (15:46 | Andrew Laubacher) \n\u201cThere\u2019s sort of a biological mismatch we\u2019re in right now, where pretty much all the insta-ficatation of everything\u2026and I honestly enjoy a lot of them, but they\u2019re also, largely, not what our biology was designed for and making us sick. So, it\u2019s this really weird experience where the convenience is amazing but it\u2019s kind of also killing us.\u201d (24:20 | Andrew Laubacher)\n \nLinks\nConnect with Andrew Laubacher:\nwww.humanality.org \n \nBon Charge Discount Code: at checkout enter the code: QBC to receive 15% off\nhttps://us.boncharge.com/collections/blue-light-blocking-glasses\n \n**If you're in the US and have a Health Savings Account (HSA or FSA) BonCharge products are an eligible expense**\nTo receive a FREE infographic of the Ideal Circadian Day and join our email list: https://www.quantumbiologycollective.com/qbc-newsletter-aqb\nTo find a practitioner who understands quantum biology: www.quantumbiologycollective.org\nTo see details about the Applied Quantum Certification: www.appliedquantumbiology.com\nFollow on Instagram and Facebook: @quantumbiologycollecitve\nTwitter: @quantumhealthtv\n \n \nPodcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e09aad95-7168-4061-a25c-32b3ed43f989/QBC-Cover-Art-2025-Aug-07-v1.jpg"}