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No, that's a poor analogy. For example, I purchased a timer plug socket that turns off my router between the hours of midnight and 7am. That's using technology
by spuz 9y ago
No, that's a poor analogy. For example, I purchased a timer plug socket that turns off my router between the hours of midnight and 7am. That's using technology to solve the problem of technology addiction. If you apply technology in the right way, it can help you to use it less.
- dragonwriter 9y agoPutting a time lock on your liquor cabinet so it doesn't open between midnight and seven a.m. isn't solving the problem of alcoholism. If an approach of the sort you describe does anything to solve the problem of the behavior pattern it is directed at, you probably shouldn't use “addiction” to describe the behavior pattern in the first place.
- RangerScience 9y agoSometimes the right way to solve a problem is to alleviate the symptoms. Like dog cones. The solution to some skin issue is to not poke at it, and that's it. If you stop poking at it, it'll fix itself.
- spuz 9y agoThis is also a poor analogy. To an alcoholic, alcohol serves no (or very little) useful purpose. However, to a technology addict, technology serves both useful and useless purposes. My suggestion is to build technology in a way that maximises the usefulness to a user and minimises the uselessness. There are two dimensions to work with and you can make changes to your technology that moves you along them independently.
- hownottowrite 9y agoIt’s a perfect analogy and thank you for reinforcing the point.