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It's interesting. I thought I didn't lose much time to social media because I only used them in "dead" time, e.g. waiting for a train. But I've come to believe
by irremediable 11y ago
It's interesting. I thought I didn't lose much time to social media because I only used them in "dead" time, e.g. waiting for a train. But I've come to believe this was a mistake in two respects. Firstly, no time is truly "dead", and there's almost always something better I could be doing. Secondly, almost any use of social media trains me to crave more -- it genuinely is addictive, and the unreliability of the novelty ("refreshing in the hope of seeing something new") makes this all the worse.
- MrJagil 11y agoA big annoyance for me when I lived in NYC was the lack of internet in the subway. Now i yearn for that 45 commute reading sci-fi shorts reccommended by you people.
- kaybe 11y agoWhere can I find those? I never even put internet on my phone. All maps are downloaded at home - an amazing amount of people seems to have never considered that and were astonished to find me navigating without signal.
- harryf 11y ago> Secondly, almost any use of social media trains me to crave more -- it genuinely is addictive, and the unreliability of the novelty ("refreshing in the hope of seeing something new") makes this all the worse. That's pretty much what it's designed to do. Really recommend reading "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" http://www.nirandfar.com/hooked http://www.nirandfar.com/hooked or watch some of the authors videos like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVDN2mjJpb8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVDN2mjJpb8 or his talk at The Next Web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z29RvrHPp1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z29RvrHPp1s
- irremediable 11y agoNo disagreement here -- I know it's intentional. Thanks for the resources though.
- santaclause33 11y agoHN and Reddit are dopamine hit factories.