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> the only thing making it not realtime is maybe your self-control You could similarly ask how can people get any work done if they can also watch youtube vid

> the only thing making it not realtime is maybe your self-control You could similarly ask how can people get any work done if they can also watch youtube videos all day? These days people do have to have self control, because all kinds of entertainment is just a click away, so people have to consciously set aside those to get things done.

dmitryminkovsky 8y ago
> These days people do have to have self control, because all kinds of entertainment is just a click away, so people have to consciously set aside those to get things done. Oh definitely. I mean It's not that people don't have self control. The problem is exactly that: we have to constantly vigilantly exercise it. I think technology shouldn't make you constantly exercise self control or anything else. I mean, not unless you want to.
- dmortin 8y ago
  > I think technology shouldn't make you constantly exercise self control or anything else. Always having access to all kinds of online content makes you constantly exercise your self control by itself.
  - dmitryminkovsky 8y ago
    > Always having access to all kinds of online content makes you constantly exercise your self control by itself. Oh I think I understand now: yes, exactly, and that can be pretty tough. I don't understand why everything needs to demand your self control. Specifically, why do these technologies that purportedly help us actually force us to discipline ourselves? I think that should be our first clue that these technologies aren't actually doing what technology is for, which is helping us, making us better, increasing our various capabilities. Instead many of these technologies quite literally have the opposite effect. But I love technology and believe in technology in principle, so I created an email platform that, unlike basically everything else, does not make you exercise self control and actually works to improve you.
  - afarrell 8y ago
    No it doesn't. It lets you do so, but it also lets you build up the habit of getting distracted and spending 4 hours. If you haven't done that in the past 2 years, consider the fact that you either: - Never had the problem this is trying to solve, in which case you should consider responding to this like a lactose-intolerant responds to a lasagna restaurant: its not for you. - Found a solution to this problem that you've learned to exercise so effortlessly that you forgot it was a hard problem, in which case you should please share it.
- matz1 8y ago
  Because everything has trade off.
  - dmitryminkovsky 8y ago
    For sure, but to what extent?

dmitryminkovsky 8y ago

> These days people do have to have self control, because all kinds of entertainment is just a click away, so people have to consciously set aside those to get things done. Oh definitely. I mean It's not that people don't have self control. The problem is exactly that: we have to constantly vigilantly exercise it. I think technology shouldn't make you constantly exercise self control or anything else. I mean, not unless you want to.

dmortin 8y ago
> I think technology shouldn't make you constantly exercise self control or anything else. Always having access to all kinds of online content makes you constantly exercise your self control by itself.
- dmitryminkovsky 8y ago
  > Always having access to all kinds of online content makes you constantly exercise your self control by itself. Oh I think I understand now: yes, exactly, and that can be pretty tough. I don't understand why everything needs to demand your self control. Specifically, why do these technologies that purportedly help us actually force us to discipline ourselves? I think that should be our first clue that these technologies aren't actually doing what technology is for, which is helping us, making us better, increasing our various capabilities. Instead many of these technologies quite literally have the opposite effect. But I love technology and believe in technology in principle, so I created an email platform that, unlike basically everything else, does not make you exercise self control and actually works to improve you.
- afarrell 8y ago
  No it doesn't. It lets you do so, but it also lets you build up the habit of getting distracted and spending 4 hours. If you haven't done that in the past 2 years, consider the fact that you either: - Never had the problem this is trying to solve, in which case you should consider responding to this like a lactose-intolerant responds to a lasagna restaurant: its not for you. - Found a solution to this problem that you've learned to exercise so effortlessly that you forgot it was a hard problem, in which case you should please share it.
matz1 8y ago
Because everything has trade off.
- dmitryminkovsky 8y ago
  For sure, but to what extent?