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I watched the entire interview previously. Chamath makes a very good point. Basically that the same brain you are using to respond to constant interruption fro

I watched the entire interview previously. Chamath makes a very good point. Basically that the same brain you are using to respond to constant interruption from social media and its feedback loops is the same brain you are using to do supposedly great works. The former tasks train you brain to think in a pattern that is opposite to the way needed to do meaningful work. In other words, social media products "machine teach" your brain whether you like it or not. Take back control.

rhizome 9y ago
The control that this guy helped FB absorb?
- whytaka 9y ago
  Which he admits and repents for within the first minute this conversation is brought up in the video. To his point, you've demonstrated the lack of patience and diligence he laments as a product of social media.
  - tree_of_item 9y ago
    Not accepting his apology is demonstrating a lack of patience and diligence? Why should anyone accept his apology? He still has the money.
  - rhizome 9y ago
    I listened to the whole thing, and I wasn't impressed. I deleted a whole rant here, so I'll leave it at that.
kmnc 9y ago
I feel like a lot of people would agree with this. It wouldn't stop them from using Facebook though. No one at the fast food line claims it's healthy. Beating akrasia is tough.
vermontdevil 9y ago
I quit FB but didn’t delete my account. I just deactivated it. Boy they would send me emails with one-liner teasers of my friends posts hoping I would go back. They even sent me an email with one-click to immediately activate my account. So I simply filtered these emails to the trash. They have texted me twice so far but I simply ignored it. Been few months and it’s much better now.
- wybiral 9y ago
  To quote myself from the last FB thread: > Same here. But different people value different things out of relationships. I prefer to have a handful of people close to me and don't seek out daily updates on everyone else. > In fact, I enjoy running into those people or meeting up with them periodically even more because then they can tell me everything they've been going through in person. To me that's more fun than getting a stream of micro updates on everyone. Keeping up-to-date with multiple people using FB is like trying to watch multiple shows in one line snippets concurrently mixed together. When you could just wait a bit and then watch it all as a contiguous story or have a real meaningful conversation with a person to catch up over dinner or something.

rhizome 9y ago

The control that this guy helped FB absorb?

whytaka 9y ago
Which he admits and repents for within the first minute this conversation is brought up in the video. To his point, you've demonstrated the lack of patience and diligence he laments as a product of social media.
- tree_of_item 9y ago
  Not accepting his apology is demonstrating a lack of patience and diligence? Why should anyone accept his apology? He still has the money.
- rhizome 9y ago
  I listened to the whole thing, and I wasn't impressed. I deleted a whole rant here, so I'll leave it at that.

kmnc 9y ago

I feel like a lot of people would agree with this. It wouldn't stop them from using Facebook though. No one at the fast food line claims it's healthy. Beating akrasia is tough.

vermontdevil 9y ago

I quit FB but didn’t delete my account. I just deactivated it. Boy they would send me emails with one-liner teasers of my friends posts hoping I would go back. They even sent me an email with one-click to immediately activate my account. So I simply filtered these emails to the trash. They have texted me twice so far but I simply ignored it. Been few months and it’s much better now.

wybiral 9y ago
To quote myself from the last FB thread: > Same here. But different people value different things out of relationships. I prefer to have a handful of people close to me and don't seek out daily updates on everyone else. > In fact, I enjoy running into those people or meeting up with them periodically even more because then they can tell me everything they've been going through in person. To me that's more fun than getting a stream of micro updates on everyone. Keeping up-to-date with multiple people using FB is like trying to watch multiple shows in one line snippets concurrently mixed together. When you could just wait a bit and then watch it all as a contiguous story or have a real meaningful conversation with a person to catch up over dinner or something.