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There is some interesting discussion in the analysis portion of the paper that resonated deeply with me. >However, the fact that participants underestimated th
by osamagirl69 4y ago
There is some interesting discussion in the analysis portion of the paper that resonated deeply with me.
>However, the fact that participants underestimated the potential task motivation during the thinking period may indicate that people avoid thinking not because it is aversive but because it is expected to be aversive.
>Such an inaccurate expectation may lead people to unnecessarily avoid spending time thinking in their daily life.
>For example, the current widespread availability of the Internet and mobile phones makes it extremely easy for people to kill time when they have nothing to do, and our results suggest that people’s continual engagement in electronic devices may in part reflect inaccurate metacognitive beliefs about the value of not doing anything
I found that hiking helps me break the addiction (or dopamine hits or whatever you prefer to call it) to the internet. I observe a similar effect to that described in the paper (not because it is aversive but because it is expected to be aversive) -- the act of filling my water bottle an getting in the car sometimes takes every ounce of my will, but after I am over that I absolutely enjoy the exercise and sense of clarity it brings to let my mind wonder for a few hours.
As an experiment I just changed my HN bookmark to point to this story, to remind me that I shouldn't be refreshing HN for the 12th time today, and then add one more click to get to the homepage.
- vavooom 4y agoJust did the same to my bookmark. In Smart Note Taking, the idea of focusing on what you are consuming for the purpose of learning and writing is constantly stressed. Namely, in reading something, how does this further my learning and/or writing? If it does, record a brief note of it. If it does not, consider, well, putting that away and moving back to something else.
- pj_mukh 4y agoWhat are other good mobile strategies? I need my phone to keep an eye on some work stuff + elderly parents on WhatsApp, but clearly parts of the phone are neurologically optimized to keep me distracted (and it works!) So what are other good ways to fight this?
- gukov 4y agoGo to accessibility settings and make the display grayscale.
- scottmcdot 4y agoThis [1] was handy for me, a Pixel user: [1] https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/enable-hidden-grayscale-mode-your-pixel-nexus-no-root-needed-0178857/ https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/enable-hidden-graysca...
- codetrotter 4y agoThank you. For anyone else on iOS you find this by going to Settings -> Accessibility -> Display & Text Size -> Color Filters -> On. The default color filter when turned on is grayscale.
- maneesh 4y agoI set the Triple Click function to automatically trigger grayscale -- very useful!
- keyle 4y agoThis is a neat trick. I wonder if my eyes would just get used to see B&W phone content and keep going. A neat app would be a 5' slow fade off that eventually locks your phone. You can just unlock to keep going but at least you know 5' have gone by.
- exitb 4y agoDisable automatic suggestions in your web browser when you only just focused the address bar. The only suggestions that may appear, should be contextual to what you started to type.
- pj_mukh 4y agoOoo this is a new good one, I had not heard off before! Thanks
- tresqotheq 4y agoYea, It is as if people expect you to pull out the phone and stare at it if you have nothing to do in a public place. Imagine someone catching you, being lost in your own thoughts, in somewhere like that. They would suerly peg you for a weirdo.
- WalterSear 4y agoJust start talking to yourself out loud - they'll quickly assume you're perfectly normal.
- feet 4y agoI think the problem for some may be that not physically doing anything in a public space opens them up to strangers approaching with unwanted conversation
- ithrow 4y ago