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tl;dr psa for everyone: configure your phone for grayscale, least animation, vibrate-only and turn off most notifications. Smartphones are mental cocaine. Look
by modells 8y ago
tl;dr psa for everyone: configure your phone for grayscale, least animation, vibrate-only and turn off most notifications.
Smartphones are mental cocaine. Look around a city almost anywhere and most people are hunched over, staring at glowing glass and oblivious to almost everything... so much so the Dutch are putting crosswalk lights on the ground to keep people from walking into traffic while they’re getting their fix. It’s clearly unhealthy as focus, socialization and personal safety suffer.
- joaomacp 8y agoWhat's the difference between that and a book? Lots of people reading books on the subway, oblivious to almost everything around them...
- Pulcinella 8y agoYes. This is going to be very pop-pshychology, but I feel like smartphones are almost gambling-adjacent. Flashing lights and constant, small hits of dopamine.
- sp332 8y agoGotta ask, what kind of apps do you have on your phone? Flashing lights??