What Robert Greene has said about Smartphone addiction

Greene says technology-driven powerlessness is the one factor that might make the present a distinct crisis, though he lacks data.

“That is the only element that I think is different now that would make me say that there's a level of crisis that maybe didn't exist in the past”

My First Million: Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 3:26

Greene recommends going into nature and locking the phone away to refocus the mind outward.

“go out into nature, go out into Central Park or go into Connecticut somewhere and leave your goddamn phone behind, lock it in a drawer”

My First Million: Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living (Nov 11, 2026) · Listen from 10:51