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With the average American now spending 40 minutes on Facebook per day [0], it may be worth checking out this TedX talk: Distracted? Let's make technology that h
by chiefofgxbxl 10y ago
With the average American now spending 40 minutes on Facebook per day [0], it may be worth checking out this TedX talk: Distracted? Let's make technology that helps us spend our time well | Tristan Harris [1] (he speaks of a good design example at 4:00 in). It's astounding that this average means that roughly an entire day is wasted each month essentially scrolling through a newsfeed.
[0] http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-monthly-average-time-spent-2015-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-monthly-average-time...
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT5rRh9AZf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT5rRh9AZf4
- jononor 10y agoHas time spent watching TV gone down by more than 40 minutes? "Wasting" time is not very new...
- throwaway29292 10y agoExactly, I'm confused by all these statistics of 'x minutes of facebook per day'. We can't measure other unproductive activities that ALL humans indulge in, it's not as if society will suddenly start producing PhDs by the dozen if we ban Facebook.