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Social Media on a Separate Device Move social media apps like Instagram or X off your main phone and onto a dedicated old device, or use desktop only when needed. Keep that device put away or locked down most of the day so access requires an intentional step, which reduces reflexive checking, protects attention, and makes compulsive scrolling less likely.
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“"I personally put social media on an old phone and it goes in a supermax prison lockbox that you can't code out of for 22 hours a day."”
Andrew Huberman · How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague · Feb 2, 2026 · 57:25 ·
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▶ How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague 57:25 “"I personally put social media on an old phone and it goes in a supermax prison lockbox that you can't code out of for 22 hours a day."” ▷ Science & Tools of Learning & Memory | Dr. David Eagleman 26:52 “"But by putting it on an old phone, so X and Instagram are just on that phone... My default setting is no longer to just look at my phone and look at social media. Yes. It has increased my productivity and just my happiness and my level of attention."” ▷ How to Overcome Addiction to Substances or Behaviors | Dr. Keith Humphreys 2:56:36 “I finally upgraded my phone and I took my old phone and I put X and Instagram on that phone.” ▷ How Your Thoughts Are Built & How You Can Shape Them | Dr. Jennifer Groh 2:11:06 “My solution to the social media thing is I took an old phone. I put X and Instagram on that phone... So I have to segregate social media. I have a social media phone.” ▷ How Nature & Other Physical Environments Impact Your Focus, Cognition & Health | Dr. Marc Berman 1:14:09 “I actually put social media on an old phone. So I have social media accounts on an old phone, and that's the only way I can access social media.” ▷ Improve Focus with Behavioral Tools & Medication for ADHD | Dr. John Kruse 2:00:28 “I've made it a point to put social media on an old phone. So those apps are only on that phone.” ▷ Understand & Apply the Psychology of Money to Gain Greater Happiness | Morgan Housel 1:07:26 “So I have Instagram and X on that phone. I don't even recall the number of that phone. I airdrop things onto it if I want to post.” ▷ How to Control Your Inner Voice & Increase Your Resilience | Dr. Ethan Kross 1:01:09 “I have a specific phone with Instagram and X on it, and those apps are not on any other phones so that it's segregated from... Somebody sends me a tweet or sends me an Instagram post, I'm not going to open it. I can't open it on those phones. And that's helped a lot.”