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I think this is a very good sign. It is my hope that Apple is able to pioneer tools which make it possible to interrupt addiction forming (dark) patterns. Add
by andrei_says_ 9y ago
I think this is a very good sign.
It is my hope that Apple is able to pioneer tools which make it possible to interrupt addiction forming (dark) patterns.
Addressing this on the device/os level (vs possibly legislation) could be very effective.
Right now this is a lawless territory and creating + exploiting addiction at the cost of depleting millions of people’s cognitive resources as free is very profitable.
The long term costs associated with this profit are still to be seen but I am sure they exist.
- sparewalking 9y agoThe real result will be that kids will be educated by devices instead being educated by their parents.
- ngcazz 9y ago... not necessarily a bad thing, if approached thoughtfully -- computers and smartphones are such fundamental parts of everyday life, it makes sense that an element of didacticism is embedded in how they're designed.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 9y ago> educated by devices Are you familiar with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmakon_(philosophy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmakon_(philosophy)? This concept – and Bernard Stiegler's work in general – could really help developers and hackers understand how technology actually affects people.
- enraged_camel 9y agoSounds like a false dichotomy.
- andrei_says_ 9y agoIf by “educated by” you mean “have their relationship with intentionally induced addiction managed by”, then we’re on the same page. If we can agree that tobacco and opioids are better kept away from children then we may asking why Facebook, instagram, Snapchat, addictively engineered games are not. Of course we would also start thinking about sugar and caffeine :)