EPISODE · Jul 15, 2025 · 1H 28M
26% More Productive: What Your Phone Is Actually Doing to Your Brain with Alexander Bell
from B. with Anna Brand · host Anna Brand
YAlexander Bell — yes, that's his actual name — has built an entire career around our relationship with technology. He also once nearly got expelled for doing the Full Monty in a school talent show at age 11. The two things are more connected than you'd think.In this episode:• Why a 7-year-old asking for an iPhone sparked a whole new direction• The 26% productivity boost that comes from putting your phone in another room• Infobesity, email bankruptcy and why your inbox is lying to you• The Full Monty phone pants — and the 2,000 unusable pairs from a surplus warehouse in Portsmouth• Why social media isn't cigarettes — and why he changed his mind on that• Anna's phone scoring 369 on a bacteria test. A restaurant would be shut down at 30.Still think you're in control of your phone?
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YAlexander Bell — yes, that's his actual name — has built an entire career around our relationship with technology. He also once nearly got expelled for doing the Full Monty in a school talent show at age 11. The two things are more connected than you'd think.In this episode:• Why a 7-year-old asking for an iPhone sparked a whole new direction• The 26% productivity boost that comes from putting your phone in another room• Infobesity, email bankruptcy and why your inbox is lying to you• The Full Monty phone pants — and the 2,000 unusable pairs from a surplus warehouse in Portsmouth• Why social media isn't cigarettes — and why he changed his mind on that• Anna's phone scoring 369 on a bacteria test. A restaurant would be shut down at 30.Still think you're in control of your phone?
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