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The article seems to be making a case for protecting your mind from the constant bombardment of "junk food" media readily available in our current culture. I re

The article seems to be making a case for protecting your mind from the constant bombardment of "junk food" media readily available in our current culture. I respect the idea, but I find it impractical. I do however find it effective to control the flow of that media, and in particular control the order in which I consume it. If I roll out of bed and open reddit or facebook first thing in the morning, I feel like I am priming my mind for failure. Lately I have been trying to read more enriching material in the morning, and slowly move into less useful material as the day goes on. For example, I usually wake up and have my first coffee while reading HN and WSJ. Mid morning break I may read a chapter of whatever non-fiction book I am currently working on. Lunch may be Ars, TC, or hackaday. And finally in the evening I will start moving towards reddit, facebook, etc. Maybe there are more disciplined people out there that can completely avoid non-enriching material, but for some reason I can't shake it. I can however move it to the least productive part of my day, and I generally feel better for it.

omreaderhn 6y ago
I built something to help with this actually: https://omreader.co https://omreader.co You can read blogs (RSS feeds) and email newsletters on your Kindle. It allows you to wake up and read long form content without needing your phone. I personally find that whenever I have my phone on me I almost always end up getting distracted so my solution is to just not have my phone anywhere near me when I wake up in the morning (or throughout the parts of the day where I'm trying to be productive). I just launched it a few weeks ago. Any feedback would be great.
_0ffh 6y ago
> I respect the idea, but I find it impractical I think it depends. I've ditched my telly when I was about twenty. I neither use Facebook nor Twitter nor any other social media, unless you want to count HN as such. But I do consume selected entertainment products, and I don't think such material is really "non-enriching". It's part of recreation, and as such I think it counts as a kind of enrichment in it's own right.
yellowapple 6y ago
Strangely, this is the exact opposite of my normal tendency. For some reason I always want to ponder complex things right before bed, and have zero desire to do so when I wake up.

omreaderhn 6y ago

I built something to help with this actually: https://omreader.co https://omreader.co You can read blogs (RSS feeds) and email newsletters on your Kindle. It allows you to wake up and read long form content without needing your phone. I personally find that whenever I have my phone on me I almost always end up getting distracted so my solution is to just not have my phone anywhere near me when I wake up in the morning (or throughout the parts of the day where I'm trying to be productive). I just launched it a few weeks ago. Any feedback would be great.

_0ffh 6y ago

> I respect the idea, but I find it impractical I think it depends. I've ditched my telly when I was about twenty. I neither use Facebook nor Twitter nor any other social media, unless you want to count HN as such. But I do consume selected entertainment products, and I don't think such material is really "non-enriching". It's part of recreation, and as such I think it counts as a kind of enrichment in it's own right.

yellowapple 6y ago

Strangely, this is the exact opposite of my normal tendency. For some reason I always want to ponder complex things right before bed, and have zero desire to do so when I wake up.