Recording Date: June 1st, 2025

Hosts: Fabrice Neuman – Tech Consultant for Small Businesses & Anne Trager – Human Potential & Executive Performance Coach

Episode Overview

Living Well with Technology. In this episode, Fabrice and Anne revisit Fabrice’s frustrating experiences with robot vacuums and explore how our relationships with household machines might evolve—especially through voice interfaces and humanoid robots. They also dive into the ever-changing world of internet search: from the explosion of AI-powered search features (e.g., Google’s new AI Mode) to the challenges of choosing between tools like Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, ChatGPT, and Perplexity. They debate privacy, creativity, and personal context in AI search, and speculate on where search is headed next.

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Resources & Links

Huberman Lab Essentials Podcast: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/essentials-machines-creativity-love-dr-lex-fridman

DuckDuckGo (Privacy-Focused Search Engine): https://duckduckgo.com

Perplexity (AI-Powered Search): https://www.perplexity.ai

ChatGPT (OpenAI’s Conversational AI): https://chat.openai.com

Microsoft Edge (Browser) & Bing (Search):

Edge: https://www.microsoft.com/edge

Bing: https://www.bing.com

Google I/O (Annual Developer Conference): https://events.google.com/io

NotebookLM (Google’s AI Notebook): https://notebooklm.google/

AI Inside Podcast (Nick Fox Interview on AI Search): https://aiinside.show/episode/googles-nick-fox-reinventing-google-search-with-ai-mode

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Living Well with Technology. Media psychologist Dr. Jerri Lynn Hogg, our first ever guest on Human Pulse, joins us to unpack what it means to live well with technology. Jerri Lynn illustrates how tech “disappears” when it’s seamlessly woven into daily routines—from glancing at an Apple Watch for the weather to teleporting friends to a virtual beach in Second Life. We dive into the unseen costs of constant connectivity, like Zoom fatigue and privacy trade‑offs, and look ahead at generative AI and immersive reality as tools for learning, connection, and creativity. Throughout, Jerri Lynn stresses balance: embrace innovation for its benefits, but don’t lose sight of real‑world human touch.

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Chapters

(00:00) Introduction

(01:14) Dr Jerri Lynn Hogg

(01:47) Living Well with Technology?

(03:33) First & Worst Tech Memories

(07:16) Video Conferencing & Cognitive Load

(10:05) Pre‑ and Post‑COVID Tech Adoption

(12:21) Privacy Trade‑offs & User Awareness

(14:26) Generative AI & Future of Literacy

(20:02) Trade‑Offs in Technology

(20:39) Immersive & Virtual Reality

(27:07) Metaverse Perspectives

(31:14) Wrap‑Up

Resources and Links:

Connect with Dr Jerri Lynn Hogg

https://jerrilynnhogg.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehogg/

https://bsky.app/profile/hoggjl.bsky.social

https://x.com/hoggjl

Second Life

https://secondlife.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

Create your own podcasts with NotebookLM

https://notebooklm.google/

Apple Vision Pro

https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/

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Living Well with Technology. In this episode, Fabrice and Anne unpack the distinction between efficiency (maximizing resource use) and productivity (output volume), emphasizing that true efficiency starts with clarifying where you add value and building foundational habits before layering on tech. They share personal experiments—from biohacking basics like prioritizing sleep to painful ecosystem switches between Apple and Android—and evaluate tools such as generative AI, time‑trackers, automation, and delegation. Ultimately, they argue that “good enough” solutions, trust in your systems, and a human‑centered operating rhythm of work and rest are the keys to living well with technology.

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Fabrice Neuman

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Anne Trager

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Chapters

(00:00)Intro

(00:28) Efficiency vs. Productivity

(03:25) Biohacking Basics: Sleep First

(05:42) “If It Ain’t Broke…” and other Voltaire considerations

(06:58) The Android Experiment

(09:17) The Human “Operating System”

(11:55) Efficiency through Habit Forming

(13:52) Tech Tools: When and How

(19:49) The Jury is still out on GenAI

(24:27) Efficiency through Delegation

(26:00) The Difficult Trust in AI

(30:27) Automation Check: Does It Really Work?

(31:55) Conclusion

Resources & Links

Studies showing 33% increase in productivity with Gen AI

Also efficiency gains, mostly from time savings

Studies conducted by Microsoft and Accenture documented a 26% increase in task completion rates when developers used Copilot

Human Cloud at Work, a study compiled by Goldsmiths, University of London in conjunction with Rackspace, found that using wearable technology to track employee wellbeing increased productivity by up to 8.5% over three weeks, with job satisfaction also rising by up to 3.5%.

https://www.ignitec.com/insights/wearable-tech-boosts-productivity-examining-the-impact-on-efficiency-and-stress-reduction/

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