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I had to truly realize that content creators need to optimize towards squeezing as much screen (life) time as possible out of me. And they started doing this op
by DanielleMolloy 7y ago
I had to truly realize that content creators need to optimize towards squeezing as much screen (life) time as possible out of me. And they started doing this openly, ignoring their moral doubts (see reviews for the ‘classic’ “Hooked”).
Most web news is shallow distraction, aiming at emotionalising and validating since it seems more addictive then, and I realized I stay sufficiently up-to-date without actively accessing it.
I still listen to news radio occasionally before sleep.
- dredmorbius 7y agoWhich "Hooked" are you referring to? There are several. Author / producer? There's a film, though ... I don't think you had that in mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooked_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooked_(film) And numerous books: https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=ti%3Ahooked https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=ti%3Ah...
- jonah 7y agoLikely "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products"[1] by Nir Eyal [1] https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/ https://www.nirandfar.com/hooked/
- dredmorbius 7y agoThanks, seems likely.
- DanielleMolloy 7y agoYes, this one. Slightly off topic: His latest book is about avoiding distractions, featuring advice like “tell yourself that you have to burn a 100$ bill if you don’t do it”. His Twitter profile counts 54k tweets and 211k likes. Seems like his advice for app development backfired on him.