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This is the same phenomenon as when you open your phone and for a brief moment you don't remember why you did. With phones its worse because all the pretty ico
by npunt 8y ago
This is the same phenomenon as when you open your phone and for a brief moment you don't remember why you did.
With phones its worse because all the pretty icons confuse and beckon you to fall back on opening whatever app you habitually open when bored.
This property of our cognition is why we should better scaffold intentionality into our devices, though that is an difficult design challenge.
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- meko 8y agoI fight the 'pretty icons' syndrome by using monochrome / white on black icon theme. It really helps.
- cimmanom 8y agoI've grayscaled my phone too... but when tired, I can almost physically feel the attraction of icon shapes that my brain links to dopamine rewards. It's awful.
- sundvor 8y agoOh I'll open the phone with the intention to do something, do something else because shiny, then realise the moment I lock the phone and put it away. On particularly bad days, a couple of cycles have been needed...