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The ability to make yourself do something that you consider good but yields no immediate pleasure is real, useful, and can be cultivated.
by slibhb 5y ago
The ability to make yourself do something that you consider good but yields no immediate pleasure is real, useful, and can be cultivated.
- xg15 5y agoNo one denies that. The article argues that current "attention economy" tech is actively making this harder or even impossible.
- slibhb 5y agoSaying it's impossible is denying it...
- xg15 5y agoNo, he is saying, it's becoming impossible - and he goes on to argue why this is the case. That's pretty much the main point of the article. What's your counter-argument?
- slibhb 5y agoI find this incredible unless the Evil Social Media Companies reach into my brain and remove my capacity for practical free will.