I completely agree with the sentiment, and I further extended it to aggregators (reddit and HN). However my solution to the problem was quantizing the content i

I completely agree with the sentiment, and I further extended it to aggregators (reddit and HN). However my solution to the problem was quantizing the content into regular planned intervals. For example I use LeechBlock for reddit and HN, which allow me to access it for 1 hour a day, and I read 2-3 good weekly periodicals to keep in touch with non-tech news (economist). This broke my "refresh every 5 minutes to find something new" habit and greatly enhanced self contemplation over what I consume.